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criminal lawyer
Matched in: Term criminal lawyer
independent counsel
an official appointed by the court at the request of the U.S. Attorney General to investigate and prosecute criminal violations by high government officials, members of Congress, or directors of a presidential reelection campaign after a preliminary … independent counsel : an official appointed by the court at the request of the U.S. Attorney General to investigate and prosecute criminal violations by high government officials, members of Congress, or directors of a
Judge Advocate, Judge Advocate-General
His duties are nearly the same as those of the officiating judge advocate on military courts-martial. See Thring's Criminal Law of the Navy; and Naval Regulations and Instructions, chap. xi.; and see the (English) Naval Discipline Acts, … Judge Advocate, Judge Advocate-General. The Judge Advocate-General is an officer appointed by letters-patent under the Great Seal. He is under
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Criminal contempt
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Prosecution
Prosecution, a proceeding either by way of indict-ment or information, in the criminal courts, in order to put an offender upon his trial. In all criminal prosecutions the King is nominally … upon his trial. In all criminal prosecutions the King is nominally the prosecutor. See titles PUBLIC PROSECUTOR and ADVOCATE, LORD. The word 'prosecution' as used in Article 20 contemplated a proceeding of a criminal nature either before
Poor Prisoners, Defence of
Commons Select Committee on the Bill which became the Act, and notes on the Act, see Chitty's Statutes. Criminal Appeal.'The (English) Criminal Appeal Act, 1907, provides (s. 10) as follows:- 10. The Court of Criminal Appeal may … to free legal aid in the preparation and conduct of his defence at the trial and to have solicitor and counsel assigned to him for that purpose, if a certificate, called the 'defence certificate,' is granted by
Public prosecutor
under s. 24, and includes any person acting under the directions of a Public Prosecutor. [ Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), s. 2 (u)] The 'Public Prosecutor' is the counsel for the government for … State Government or the Central Govern-ment as the case may be. He is an officer and like every advocate practicing before court, he owes an obligation to the court to be fair and just, Sheonandan Paswan v.
ineffective assistance of counsel
ineffective assistance of counsel :representation of a criminal defendant that is so flawed as to deprive the defendant of a fair trial [claimed ineffective assistance of … A claim of ineffective assistance of counsel may be brought as a result of government interference with the attorney-client relationship that precludes effective representation, as when an informant is present during conversations between the attorney and the
Devolution issue
(2000) 3 WLR 1817. May well arise in advance of or every porsibility in the course of a criminal trial under some other provision of the Convention, Montogomery v. H.M. Advocate (PC), (2001) 2 WLR 779. shall … meaning of paragraph 1(b) of Schedule 6 to the Act of 1998 (Scetland Act, 1998), Hoekstra v. H.M. Advocate (PC), (2000) 3 WLR 1817. May well arise in advance of or every porsibility in the course of
Appearance
not appearance through advocate, State of West Bengal v. Pranab Ranjan Roy, (1998) 3 SCC 209. [Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, ss. 167(5)(ii), 436 & 437] The word appearance is capable of having different connotations, when it is … Appearance, means a coming into court as a party or interested person, or as a lawyer on behalf of a party or interested person, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 95. An appearance may
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