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Felony

or value; Coke says, 'Ex vi termini significat quodlibet capitale crimen felleo animo perpetratum,' Co. Litt. 391 a], originally the state

Reasonable and probable cause

grounds as justify any one in suspecting another of a crime and giving him in custody thereon. Its absence is one

Accessory

person who aids or contributes in the commission of a crime. An accessory is usually liable only if crime is felony,

Terrorism

intended terrorist activity travels beyond the effect of an ordinary crime capable of being punished under the ordinary penal law of

Stellionate

Stellionate [stellionats], a kind of crime which is committed by a deceitful selling of a thing;

Sodomy

bestiality, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1396. Sodomy, the crime against nature, punishable until 1891 by a minimum term of

Self-incrimination

protected is compulsory self-incrimination which may result in punishment for crime, People's Insurance Company v. Sardar Singh, AIR 1962 Punj 101.

Sedition

Odgers on Libel, 5th Edn. p. 516. Sedition is a crime against society nearly allied to that of treason, and it

Prevention of Crimes Act, 1871

Prevention of Crimes Act, 1871 (English) (34 & 35 Vict. c. 112). This

Guilty

Guilty. Having committed a crime or tort; the word used by a prisoner in pleading

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