Criminal Proceeding - Law Dictionary Search Results
In or in relation to
ambit of these words. Now, thus, the settled position is that the bar in s. 195(1)(b) of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 does not apply if there is no proceeding in any court at all when the
contempt
sanctions for civil contempt end upon compliance with the order. constructive contempt : indirect contempt in this entry criminal contempt : contempt consisting of conduct that disrupts or opposes the proceedings or power of the court NOTE: … : indirect contempt in this entry criminal contempt : contempt consisting of conduct that disrupts or opposes the proceedings or power of the court NOTE: The sanctions for criminal contempt are designed to punish as well as
Benefit of clergy
Benefit of clergy [privilegium clericale, Lat.], an arrest of judgment in criminal cases. The origin of it was this: Princes and states, anciently converted to Christianity, granted to the clergy … granted to the clergy very bountiful privileges and exemptions, and particularly an immunity of their persons in criminal proceedings before secular judges. The clergy, afterwards increasing in wealth, number, and power, claimed this benefit as an indefeasible
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Cause
original proceeding between a plaintiff and defendant. Generally speaking, discovery is granted there in all proceedings except purely criminal proceedings, and civil proceedings where the action is brought merely to establish a forfeiture or enforce a penalty,
Error
House of Lords from the Exchequer Chamber; or to the King's Bench Division of the High Court in criminal cases. Proceedings in error were abolished by the (English) Jud. Act, 1875, Order VLIII., r. 1, except in … Lords from the Exchequer Chamber; or to the King's Bench Division of the High Court in criminal cases. Proceedings in error were abolished by the (English) Jud. Act, 1875, Order VLIII., r. 1, except in criminal cases,
Criminal Procedure Act, 1885 (English)
Matched in: Term Criminal Procedure Act, 1885 (English)
Unsworn testimony
Unsworn testimony. As to its admission in certain cases in civil and criminal proceedings in Colonial courts, see 6 & 7 Vict. c. 22; and as to unsworn evidence of child … Unsworn testimony. As to its admission in certain cases in civil and criminal proceedings in Colonial courts, see 6 & 7 Vict. c. 22; and as to unsworn evidence of child on
Sentence of a Court
Sentence of a Court, a definite judgment pro-nounced in a criminal proceeding. In the case of indictable offences (except murder, on conviction of which the Court is bound to pronounce
Outlawry
by the Civil Procedure Acts Repeal Act, 1879 (42 & 43 Vict. c. 59), in civil proceedings. In criminal proceedings it is practically disused, but is formally kept alive by the Forfeiture Act, 1870 (33 & 34 … wilfully avoiding the execution of the process of the King's Court. Outlawry has long been obsolete in civil proceedings, and is formally abolished by the Civil Procedure Acts Repeal Act, 1879 (42 & 43 Vict. c. 59),
Nemo tenetur prodere seipsum
& 15 Vict. c. 99), which by s. 5 makes parties admissible witnesses in actions, expressly saved criminal proceedings from its operation, but a series of particular enactments, e.g., the (English) Licensing Act, 1872, s. 51, the … one is bound to betray himself.) No one is bound to swear to the fact of his own criminality, no one can be forced to give his own oath in evidence of his guilt. The (English) Evidence
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