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loan fraud purposely giving incorrect information on a loan application in order to better qualify for a loan; may result in civil liability or criminal penalties. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ...
multiplicity
multiplicity pl: -ties 1 a : the quality or state of being multiple or various b : the charging of a single criminal act or offense as multiple separate charges or counts of an indictment or information [ does not require dismissal of the indictment "W. R. LaFave and J. H. Israel"] compare duplicity, misjoinder NOTE: Multiplicity raises the risk of violating the double jeopardy protection against receiving multiple sentences for a single offense. Multiplicity is a defect that can be corrected without dismissal of the case. 2 : a great number [joinder is allowed to avoid a of actions] ...
presentence report
presentence report : a report prepared by a probation officer upon conviction of a defendant that assists the sentencing court in imposing an appropriate sentence NOTE: The information contained in a presentence report includes the defendant's prior criminal history (if any) and relevant (as financial) circumstances, the appropriate classification of the defendant and of the offense under the established classification system, the kinds and range of sentences and programs available, and the impact of the offense on the victim. ...
Plea
That which is alleged by a party in support of his cause in a stricter sense an allegation of fact in a cause as distinguished from a demurrer in a still more limited sense and in modern practice the defendants answer to the plaintiffs declaration and demand That which the plaintiff alleges in his declaration is answered and repelled or justified by the defendants plea In chancery practice a plea is a special answer showing or relying upon one or more things as a cause why the suit should be either dismissed delayed or barred In criminal practice the plea is the defendants formal answer to the indictment or information presented against him...
Accused person, a person accused of an offence
Accused person, 'a person accused of an offence', the expression, 'accused person' in s. 24 and the expression 'a person accused of any offence' have the same connotation, and describe the person against whom evidence is sought to be led in a criminal proceeding. The expression 'accused of any offence' is descriptive of the person against whom evidence relating to information alleged to be given by him is made provable by s. 27 of the Evidence Act. It does not predicate a formal accusation against him at the time of making the statement sought to be proved, as a condition of its applicability, State of Uttar Pradesh v. Deoman Upadhyaya, AIR 1960 SC 1125 (1129, 1132): (1960) 1 SCR 14. [Evidence Act, (1 of 1872), ss. 24, 25, 27]...
Charge-sheet
Charge-sheet, a paper kept at a police-station to receive each night the names of the persons brought and given into custody, the nature of the accusation, and the name of the accuser in each case. It is under the care of the inspector on duty. Unless the accuser is willing to sign the charge-sheet, the accused will generally not be detained.--The expression 'charge-sheet' is understood in Police Manuals of several States containing the rules and regulations to be a report by the police filed under s. 170 of the Code, described as a 'charge-sheet', Gangadhar Janardan Mhatre v. State of Maharashtra, (2004) 7 SCC 768 (774). [Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, ss. 170, 169 and 173 (2)]Military law. A four part charging instrument containing (1) information about the accused and the witness, (2) the charges and specifications, (3) the preferring of charges and their referral to a summary. Special or general court-martial for trial, and (4) for a summary court-martial, the trial record, Black's...
Civilization
Civilization, a law, act of justice, or judgment, which renders a criminal process civil; which is performed by turning an information into an inquest, or the contrary. Also the assimilation of Common Law to the Civil Law (Oxf. Dict.)....
Quadruplator
Quadruplator, means an informer who, by law, could institute criminal proceedings that would result in a four-fold penalty and then receive a reward for doing, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1252...
Informer
Informer, a person who prosecutes those who break any law or penal statute; also an approver. See QUI TAM; APPROVER; COMMON INFORMER.Means (1) Informant (2) A private citizen who brings a penal action to recover a penalty. Under some statutes, a private citizen is required to sue the offence for a penalty before any criminal liability can attach, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 783....
Pardon
Pardon, forgiveness of a crime; remission of punis-hment.The pardoning of criminals is the peculiar preroga-tive of the sovereign. See 4 Steph. Com., 7th Edn.The sovereign may pardon all offences merely against the Crown and the public, excepting: (1) That to preserve the liberty of the subject, the committing any man to prison out of the realm is, by the Habeas Corpus Act (31 Car. 2, c. 2), made a pr'munire (see that title), unpardonable even by the Crown; and (2) that the sovereign cannot pardon where private justice is principally concerned in the prosecution of offenders--'non potest rex gratiam facere cum injuria et damno aliorum.'Neither at Common Law could the sovereign pardon an offence against a penal statute after information brought; for thereby the informer had acquired private property in his part of the penalty. But the Remission of Penalties Act, 1859, enables the Crown to remit penalties for offences, although payable to parties other than the Crown; and a special power...
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