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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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