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Forfeiture

1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 23), enacted that no conviction, etc., for treason or felony, or felo de se, shall

pretending to hold communication with spirits. The pretender may be convicted as a rogue and a vagabond and imprisoned for three

with for crimes of which he has been accused or convicted and which are justiciable in the courts of the other

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a criminal fine included in a sentence on the debtor's conviction of a crime. Some debts, such as debts for money

a criminal or civil proceeding [the standard of proof to convict is proof beyond a reasonable doubt] see also clear and

probation [Middle French, critical examination and evaluation, from Latin probation- probatio, from probare to test, approve, prove] 1 a :...

as valid through probate 2 a : to put (a convicted offender) on probation b : to replace (a sentence) with

report : a report prepared by a probation officer upon conviction of a defendant that assists the sentencing court in imposing

a lighter sentence than the defendant would have received if convicted of the more serious charges. Source: Federal Judicial Center

pass 1 a : to issue a decision, verdict, or opinion [the Supreme Court ed on a statute] b :...

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