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fraud
injured thereby b : the affirmative defense of having acted in response to a fraud 2 : the crime or tort of committing fraud [convicted of securities ] see also misrepresentation NOTE: A tort action based on … deceive fraud in the factum : fraud in which the deception causes the other party to misunderstand the nature of the transaction in which he or she is engaging esp. with regard to the contents of an
Murder
'deliberate', 'unpro-voked', 'fatal', 'gruesome', 'wicked', 'callous', 'heinous' or 'violent'. But the use of these labels for describing the nature of the murder is indicative only of the degree of the Court's aversion for the nature or the … creature in being, with malice aforethought, either express or implied'; see 4 Bl. Com. 195. Consult Russell on Crimes; Arch. Cr. Pl.; Steph. Dig. (1) The person committing the offence must be conscious of doing wrong, and
Injunction
justice, whereby a person is required to refrain from doing a specified meditated wrong, not amounting to a crime. It is either (1) inter-locutory, i.e., provisional or temporary, until the coming in of the defendant's answer, or … and uncomfortable. In the case of a private nuisance, there must be such an injury as from its nature is not susceptible of being compensated by damages, or as from its continuance or permanent mischief must occasion
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Institutions
is, and the causes producing a mixed Obligation--that is, partly natural and partly civil, as a contract, quasi-contract, crime or offence. Contracts made by words are called Stipulations, the general principles of which are first explained, in … required to the parties to a suit, or such as appear for them. Title XII. sets forth the nature of temporary or perpetual Actions, and what Actions the law affords to or against heirs; which those are
Imprisonment
from the operation of the above enactment: (1) Default in payment of a penalty, or sum in the nature of a penalty, other than a penalty in respect of any contract: (2) Default in payment of any … freely to go about his business as at other times, Co. Litt. 253. See FALSE IMPRISONMENT. Imprisonment for Crime.--Any common law mis-demeanour is punishable after conviction on indictment by fine or imprisonment or both, at the discretion
Consideration
founded upon a transaction which violates public policy or morality:'as a contract to commit, conceal, or compound a crime; a contract for illicit cohabitation; or a contract in fraud of the rights and interests of third parties. … motive or inducement for a promise or for a transfer of property from one person to another. The nature or quality of the consideration which will be sufficient for these purposes varies with the nature of the
Terrorism
process but the extent and reach of the intended terrorist activity travels beyond the effect of an ordinary crime capable of being punished under the ordinary penal law of the land and its main objective is to … Sukhpal Singh, AIR 1990 SC 231 (237): (1989) Supp 1 SCR 420: (1990) 1 SCC 35. Terrorism by nature is difficult to define. Acts of terrorism conjure emotional responses in the victims (those hurt by the violence
Aggravated assaults
that make it more severe, such as the use of a deadly weapon, the intent to commit another crime, or the intent to cause serious bodily harm, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 109. … Act, 1861, s. 43, which allows two justices, 'if the assault or battery is of such an aggravated nature that it cannot in their opinion be sufficiently punished under the provisions of s. 42 as to common
Law Reform (UK)
L.R. Act, 1935:- (1) Where damage is suffered by any persons a result of a tort (whether a crime or not)-- (a) judgment recovered against any tortfeasor liable in respect of that damage shall not be a … and the liabilities are provable in the administration of an insolvent estate, notwithstanding that they are in the nature of unliquidated damages arising otherwise than by a contract, promise or breach of trust. See further, ADOPTION; LEGITIMATION;
Canon law
bishop of the diocese to declare vacant the benefice of any priest declared disqualified by reason of any crime or immorality proved against him under that act. In 1922 a new canon was made dealing with the … of proceeding, though not servilely, nor without such variations as the independence of its tribunals and the different nature of its authorities might be expected to produce, See Hall. Lit. Hist. The canons made in England in
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