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Sufficient ground
evidence of witnesses entitled to a reason-able degree of credit, and not sufficient ground for the purpose of conviction, Nirmaljit Singh Hoon v. State of West Bengal, AIR 1972 SC 2639: (1973) 3 SCC 753: (1973) 2
Pentonville prison
5 & 6 Vict. c. 29 and 13 & 14 Vict. c. 39 for the confine-ment of male convicts under sentence of trans-portation, and later used for the confinement of those sentenced to penal servitude. Discontinued and
Tautology
Tautology, describing the same thing twice in one sentence in equivalent terms; a fault in rhetoric. It differs from repetition or iteration, which is repeating the same sentence in the same or equivalent terms: the latter...
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Whipping
of boys under 16: adult males may be whipped, e.g., under the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1912, when convicted on indictment under the Vagrancy Act, 1898, for the second time, or when convicted of certain offences against
While disposing of the appeal
prescribe any limitation on the powers of the appellate Court or revisional Court; the words are not 'when convicting' or 'when upholding the conviction' but the words are while disposing of the appeal, reference or revision' and
Waging war
means and can only mean 'waging war in the manner usual in war'. In order to support a conviction on such charge, it is not enough to show that the persons charged have continued to obtain possession
Vaccination
repeatedly until a child reached the age of 14, shall not be made on a person (s. 3) convicted of disobedience of a similar order as to the same child; and that no proceedings for disobedience to
Uniformity, Act of
to be tried at assizes by judge and jury with diocesan assessorship, and impose very severe punishments on convicted offenders-imprisonment for life being the punishment on a third conviction. Later Acts (UK).-The Prayer Book (Table of Lessons)
Three-strikes law
Three-strikes law, means a statute prescribing an enhanced sentence, especially life imprisonment for a repeat offender's third felony conviction, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1490.
Spiritualism
Spiritualism, the pretending to hold communication with spirits. The pretender may be convicted as a rogue and a vagabond and imprisoned for three months; and upon a second conviction he may
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Convict - Law Dictionary Search Results
Sufficient ground
evidence of witnesses entitled to a reason-able degree of credit, and not sufficient ground for the purpose of conviction, Nirmaljit Singh Hoon v. State of West Bengal, AIR 1972 SC 2639: (1973) 3 SCC 753: (1973) 2
Pentonville prison
5 & 6 Vict. c. 29 and 13 & 14 Vict. c. 39 for the confine-ment of male convicts under sentence of trans-portation, and later used for the confinement of those sentenced to penal servitude. Discontinued and
Tautology
Tautology, describing the same thing twice in one sentence in equivalent terms; a fault in rhetoric. It differs from repetition or iteration, which is repeating the same sentence in the same or equivalent terms: the latter...
Keep your definitions linked to case research
Whipping
of boys under 16: adult males may be whipped, e.g., under the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1912, when convicted on indictment under the Vagrancy Act, 1898, for the second time, or when convicted of certain offences against
While disposing of the appeal
prescribe any limitation on the powers of the appellate Court or revisional Court; the words are not 'when convicting' or 'when upholding the conviction' but the words are while disposing of the appeal, reference or revision' and
Waging war
means and can only mean 'waging war in the manner usual in war'. In order to support a conviction on such charge, it is not enough to show that the persons charged have continued to obtain possession
Vaccination
repeatedly until a child reached the age of 14, shall not be made on a person (s. 3) convicted of disobedience of a similar order as to the same child; and that no proceedings for disobedience to
Uniformity, Act of
to be tried at assizes by judge and jury with diocesan assessorship, and impose very severe punishments on convicted offenders-imprisonment for life being the punishment on a third conviction. Later Acts (UK).-The Prayer Book (Table of Lessons)
Three-strikes law
Three-strikes law, means a statute prescribing an enhanced sentence, especially life imprisonment for a repeat offender's third felony conviction, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1490.
Spiritualism
Spiritualism, the pretending to hold communication with spirits. The pretender may be convicted as a rogue and a vagabond and imprisoned for three months; and upon a second conviction he may
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