Corporal Punishment - Law Dictionary Search Results
corporal punishment
Matched in: Term corporal punishment
Supplicium
Supplicium, any corporal punishment; it includes death, Civ. Law.
cruel and unusual punishment
Matched in: Term cruel and unusual punishment
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Army (UK)
This Act having been amended by the Army Discipline and Regulation Annual Act, 1881, which substituted 'summary' for corporal punishment, and also by the Regulation of the Forces Act, 1881, a fairly complete military code is now contained
Whipping
(English) Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1885; and also for robbery with violence. See VAGRANT; GARROTTING. A method of corporal punishment formerly used in England and a few American States, consisting of inflicting long welts on the skin, esp.
Person
(205) 1. Person, in an Act of Parliament passed after 1st January, 1890, includes 'any body of persons corporate or unincorporate' unless the contrary intention appears, Interpretation Act, 1889, s. 19. A corporation, such as a limited … Bank, (1997) 90 Comp Cas 225. Person, the corporate aggregate can be presented persons for offence which are punishable with fine, for in the nature of things, imprisonment of a municipal corporation is out of question, Kalu
Ambassador
Act, 1708 (7 Anne, c. 12), which is declaratory of the Common Law, but imposes severe penalties, including corporal punishment, on persons violating its provisions. The King can veto the appointment of an ambassador, and this constitutional right
Prison
established three divisions of prisoners, not sentenced to penal servitude or hard labour, and restricted the authorization of corporal punishment. Both these Acts have been amended in certain respects by the (English) Criminal Justice Administration Act, 1914, which
Ransom
of war, or for the pardon of some great offence. It differs from amerciament, because it excuses from corporal punishment. To obtain the release of (a captive) by paying a demanded price, Black's Law Dictionary, p. 1267. Is
Schoolmaster
1 QB 465. As to the power of an assistant teacher in a public elementary school to administer corporal punishment, see Mansell v. Griffin, (1908) 1 KB 160 (947). As to the dismissal of a schoolmaster or mistress
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