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Convictism

The policy or practice of transporting convicts to penal settlements

contained ins. 3, which is as follows:-- 3. A person convicted on indictment may appeal under this Act to the Court

(3) ex necessitate legis; as where a woman is capitally convicted and pleads her pregnancy. See JURY FMATRONS. Or (4) if

is meant an order in a trial terminating in the conviction or acquittal of the accused, Thikka Surya Rao v. Sirangu

Secretary Akers-Douglas to inquire into the circumstances of the two convictions of offences (for which he had been doubly pardoned) of

attainder [Anglo-French atteinder, from ateindre to convict, sentence, literally, to reach, attain, ultimately from Latin attingere to

3rd s. of the same Act empowers a Court on conviction of a drunkard to order him to enter into a

that any justice of the peace may commit them (being convicted before him) to the house of correction to hard labour

the conclusion of which each member votes for or against conviction on each article of impeachment. Two-thirds of the Senate members

of having forfeited lands and goods to the Crown upon conviction for certain offences, and then, by transition, any offence upon