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Belief

Belief, means a degree of conviction of the truth of something especially based on a consideration or examination of the evidence. Webster's Dictionary of

Burglary

(b) committed any felony in the said dwelling-house, shall be guilty of the felony called burglary and on conviction thereof liable to penal servitude for life. S. 46 defines night as meaning 'the interval between nine o'clock

Brawling

of Worship Registration Act, 1855 (18 & 19 Vict. c. 81), or in church-yards or burial grounds, on conviction before two justices are made liable to a penalty of not more than 5l., or imprisonment for any

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Brachylogy

Brachylogy [fr. bracuV and logoV, Gk.], the method of expressing a sentence or argument concisely.

Black list

895], on a list kept by the police, and this renders him liable to a penalty on summary conviction for obtaining intoxicating liquor within three years, and the licensee or other person supplying him is also liable.

Birds

such bird, or the plumage thereof, knowing the same to have been stolen, shall be punishable on summary conviction by fine or imprisonment. As to unlawfully and wilfully killing or wounding house doves or pigeons under circumstances

Bias

issue in a particular manner, so much so that such pre-disposition does not leave the mind open to conviction. It is, in fact, a condition of mind, which sways jdugments and renders the Judge unable to exercise

Believe and hope

term 'believe', in the sense in which it is used in s. 164, has 'logical confidence' or 'rational conviction' as its essential element. It imports a very high degree of expectation wrought by reason, a satisfaction fast

A mensa et thoro

husband or wife, it became improper or impossible for them to live together. This divorce was effected by sentence of the Ecclesiastical Court. It caused the separation of the husband and wife, but did not dissolve the

Civil death

(33 & 34 Vict. c. 23), provides that after the passing of that Act no confession, verdict, inquest, conviction, or judgment of or for any treason or felony, or felo de se, shall cause any attainder or

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