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Bestiality
or bestiality defined. [Special Marriage Act, s. 27(1A)] Bestiality, the crime of men with beasts, punishable under the (English) Offences against
Combination
between employers and workmen shall not be indictable as a crime if such act committed by one person would not be
Burglary
the public) in a building with intent to commit a crime (as a felony). The crime of burglary was originally defined
Borstal institution
is given by s. 4 of the (English) Prevention of Crime Act,1908, and the same section describes such institutions as 'places
Extradition
by a foreign state of a person accused of a crime to the state where it was committed, in order that
Battery
439; Freeman v. Home Office, (1984) QB 524. Means a crime and a tort involving the actual, intended (or negligent) and
Autrefois convict
plea of. The defence of a person charged with any crime that he has been already convicted of the same crime,
Attaindre le meffait
Attaindre le meffait, to fix the charge of a crime upon one, to prove a crime, Wedgwood's Eng. Etym
Emendare
Emendare, to make amends for any crime or trespass committed. And a capital crime, not to be
Independent corroboration
must not only make it safe to believe that the crime was committed but must in some way reasonably connect or
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