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Arrest
suspected of a crime may be forthcoming to answer it. Arrests are either in civil or (see APPREHENSION) criminal cases; civil arrests must be affected, in order to be legal, by virtue of a precept or writ … Law.--A peace officer, i.e., a sheriff, coroner, constable, or any justice of the peace, may arrest for felony, attempted felony, or on reasonable suspicion of felony, or for breach of the peace committed in his presence, or
Capital offences (Scotland)
Capital offences (Scotland). The Criminal Pro-cedure (Scotland) Act, 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. c. 35), by s. 56 enacts that 'a capital sentence … Act (10 Geo 4, c. 38), which statute by s. 1 makes it a capital crime either to attempt to discharge any kind of loaded firearms at a person or maliciously to stab with intent to murder
Reward
for some service or achievement, such as recovering property, or providing information that leads to capture of a criminal, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1321. By the (English) Criminal Law Act, 1826, s. 28, the Courts … compensate for expense, exertion, and loss of time, and by s. 30, if a man be killed in attempting to take such offenders the Court may order compensation to his wife or relatives. See Archbold, Crim. Pleading,
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intent
the act or fact of intending: as a : the design or purpose to commit a wrongful or criminal act called also criminal intent compare knowledge, mens rea, motive, negligence b : the purpose to commit a … : the aim or goal of a person in creating a document or taking an action [the court's attempt to fulfill the donor's ] [the of the contracting parties implied by their language] see also original intent
Abusing children
is a misdemeanour punishable by imprisonment, with or without hard labour, to the extent of two years, (English) Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1885 (48 & 49 Vict. C. 69), repealing the (English) Offences against the Person Act, … accused had reasonable cause to and did, in fact, believe, R. v. Banks, (1916) 2 KB 621. An attempt to have carnal intercourse with a girl under 13 years is an offence punishable by a like imprisonment,
Perjury
Perjury, telling lie in a court, Swaran Singh v. State of Punjab, (2005) 5 SCC 668. [Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Ch 26] The offence committed when a lawful oath or affirmation (see OATHS and AFFIRATION) is … offence against the Act is liable as a principal offender (s. 7), and every person who incites or attempts to procure or suborn another to commit an offence is guilty of a misdemeanour (ibid.). See SUBORNATION. No
Explosives
above defined. The Explosive Substances Act, 1883 (46 Vict. c. 3), greatly increases the punishment for causing or attempting to cause dangerous explosions, and allows an inquiry to be instituted before a justice of the peace by
Contempt of court
Contempt of court, means civil contempt or criminal contempt. --A disobedience to or disregard of the rules, orders, process, or dignity of a Court, which has … a right to speak properly, i.e., either of the parties or his representative. Among the latter is the attempting by intimidation to cause any suitor to discontinue his action, kidnapping or corrupting witnesses or attempting to do
Suit
due to him, Satyanarayana v. Rajah of Vazianagaram, AIR 1932 Mad 565. Suit, envisaged cannot be stretched to criminal pro-secutions. The suit mentioned therein is restricted to 'recovery of money or for enforcement of any security against … or request; the act of suing, the process by which one endeavours to gain an end or object; attempt to attain a certain result; the act of suing; the process by which one gains an end or
Fraud
he shall act upon it to his legal injury. In Concise Oxford Dictionary, it has been defined as criminal deception, use of false representation to gain unjust advantage; dishonest artifice or trick. According to Halsbury's Law of … a statute has been passed for some one particular purpose, a court of law will not countenance any attempt which may be made to extend the operation of the Act to something else which quite foreign to
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