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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.'
Accomplice
by virtue of (English) Lord Denman's Act, 1843 (6 & 7 Vict. C. 85), s. 1, even though convicted, and now by virtue of the Criminal Evidence Act, 1898 (61 & 62 Vict. C. 36), s. 1,
Accessary, or Accessory
(English) Accessories and Abettors Act, 1861, an accessory before the fact to any felony may be indicted, tried, convicted, and punished in all respects as if he were a principal felon, and an accessory after the fact
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Abusing children
the (English) Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1922. A girl aiding and abetting in her own defilement cannot be convicted of any offence, R. v. Tyrrel, (1894) 1 QB 710. The Act of 1885 has further provisions dealing
Abarnare
Abarnare [fr. abarian, Ang.-Sax., denudo, detego, Lat.], to lay bare discover, detect. Hence, 'bere theof, a detected or convicted thief; 'bere morth, a detected homicide. Also to detect and discover any acret crime to a magistrate, Ancient
substantive crime
element the performance of some other crime : a crime that is not dependent on another [indicted and convicted of conspiracy to attempt to enter the bank and the substantive crime of attempting to enter the bank
Redargue
To disprove to refute toconfute to reprove to convict
Knee jerk liberal
a person of strong liberal convictions who reacts predictably and emotionally to certain events
Felonry
A body of felons specifically the convict population of a penal colony
Ex
office or is out of the office or condition now as ex president ex governor ex mayor ex convict The Greek form ex becomes ex in English as in exarch ek becomes ec as in eccentric
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