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Character

if he call witnesses to his good character, a previous conviction against him maybe put in evidence. Witnesses to the bad

False pretence, obtaining property

valuable security; shall be guilty of a misdemeanour and on conviction thereof liable to penal servitude for any term not exceeding

Heat of passion

Heat of passion, heat of passion requires that there must be no time for the passions to cool down, Ghapoo...

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Imprisonment

IMPRISONMENT. Imprisonment for Crime.--Any common law mis-demeanour is punishable after conviction on indictment by fine or imprisonment or both, at the

Sessions of the peace

any felony which, when committed by a person not previously convicted of felony, is punishable by penal servitude for life, or

felony

of a felony. For certain crimes, however (as for a conviction under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act or a

disposition

opinion, ruling, verdict b : the sentence given to a convicted criminal defendant [probation is often a desirable "W. R. LaFave

Pawnbroker

from the Inland Revenue Commissioners, which may be forfeited on conviction of fraud or receiving stolen goods, knowing them to be

Weights and measures

of the verification of weighing instruments, authorizes the publication of convictions, prescribes that coal is to be sold by weight only,

Such prisoner shall be confined in a cell apart prisoners

366(2) of the Cr.P.C. enables the Court to commit the convicted person who is awarded capital punishment to jail custody under

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