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rehabilitate
to liquidate rather than reorganize or the farming operation "J. H. Williamson"] b : to restore (as a convicted criminal defendant) to a useful and constructive place in society through therapy, job training, and other counseling re·ha·bil·i·ta·tion
retribution
retribution : punishment imposed (as on a convicted criminal) for purposes of repayment or revenge for the wrong committed
Birth, Concealing
that if any woman tried for the murder of a child is acquitted thereof, she can lawfully be convicted of concealment of birth if there is evidence of that offence. The (English) Infanticide Act, 1922, s. 1(4),
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Knee jerk liberal
a person of strong liberal convictions who reacts predictably and emotionally to certain events
Bail
bail. Bail is granted to a person who has been arrested in a non-bailable offence or has been convicted of an offence after trial. The effect of granting bail is to release the accused from internment thought
Attains du fet
Attains du fet [Fr.], convicted of the fact,caught by it, having it brought home to one, Wedgw.
Articles of religion
case in 1850, the Wilson case in 1864, and the Bennet case in 1871; but in order to convict a clergyman for impugning them, it is not necessary that they should have been contradicted in so many
Amnesty
sovereign power officially forgiving certain classes of persons who are subject to trial but have not yet been convicted, e.g. the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act provided amnesty for undocumented aliens already present in the country,
Aggravated assaults
be sufficiently punished under the provisions of s. 42 as to common assaults and batteries,' to give a convicted offender six months' imprisonment with hard labour or to fine him up to 20l. including costs (the maximum
Administrator
the person appointed under the (English) Forfeiture Act, 1870, 33 & 34 Vict. c. 23, in whom a convict's property vests; see Re Gaskell, (1906) 2 Ch 1. The corresponding term in Scotland is 'executor-dative.'
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