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attempt

attempt : the crime of having the intent to commit and taking action in

arrest

under authority (as a police officer) in connection with a crime in such a manner that it is reasonable under the

alibi

having been somewhere other than at the scene of a crime at the time the crime was committed ;also : the

Accused

means the person or persons against whom a charge of crime or misdemeanour is brought, Webster Law Dictionary, p. 11. Means

Common Intention, common object

Indian Penal Code. It is common intention to commit the crime actually committed. This common intention is anterior in time to

Drunkenness

the law of England drunkenness is no excuse for a crime. 'A drunkard,' says Sir Edward Coke (1 Inst. 247), 'who

Deprivation

for fit and sufficient causes; such as conviction of infamous crime; for heresy, gross immorality, and the like, or for farming

corpora delicti

and fundamental fact necessary to prove the commission of a crime. The material substance (as the body of the victim of

Conspiracy

extort money or goods, or falsely to accuse of any crime, or to obstruct, prevent, pervert or defeat the course of

Concerned in

become 'concerned in' an arrangement, PVP (Ancillary Relief: Proceeds of Crime) (Fam D), 2004 Fam LR 1. There is a range

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