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Collusion

Collusion [fr. collusio, Lat., fr. colludo, to unite in the same play or game, and thus to unite for the...

Capital offences

Capital offences, those crimes upon conviction of which the offender is condemned to be hanged. The

Bread

that the names, addresses and offences of bakers and others convicted of adulterating bread may be directed by the convicting justices

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Brawling

Vict. c. 81), or in church-yards or burial grounds, on conviction before two justices are made liable to a penalty of

Black cap

Black cap. The head-dress worn by the judge in pronouncing sentence of death is not an emblem of the sentence....

Autrefois acquit

first indictment were such that he could have been lawfully convicted on it; and if he be thus indicted a second

Any person not being the accused

person who appears to have committed an offence and to convict and pass an appropriate order of sentence on proof of

Animals

of the animal where necessary, and to deprive any person convicted of cruelty of the ownership of the animal. And by

Adequate and special reasons

Adequate and special reasons, in order to exercise the discretion of reducing the sentence the statutory requirement is that the...

warrant

warrant [Anglo-French warant garant protector, guarantor, authority, authorization, of Germanic origin] 1 : warranty [an implied of fitness] 2 :...

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