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Crown cases reserved. Questions of law at criminal trials (except in the case of demurrers and writs of error) might be referred for decision to the 'Court for the Consideration of Crown Cases reserved,' sitting under the authority of the Crown Cases Act,1848 (11 & 12 Vict. c. 78), provided the judge who tried the prisoner consented to state a case, though if he refused no court had power to compel him to do so.The jurisdiction given by the Act of 1848 (English) is now transferred to the Court of Criminal Appeal byvirtue of s. 20 of the Criminal Appeal Act,1907 (7 Edw. 7, c. 23), which s. also preserves to some extent the procedure under the Crown Cses Act. The judgment of such court infinaland without appeal, unless a certificate of the Attorney General is obtained under s. 1(6) of the Criminal Appeal Act, 1907. The (English) Judicature Act, 1925, s. 31 (1) (a) has a saving for appeal under the Act of 1907. See R. v. Ball, 1911 AC 47; and (English) CRIMINAL APPEAL ACT, 1907....
Court for crown cases reserved
Court for crown cases reserved. See CROWN CASES RESERVED....
Special case
Special case. By (English) R.S.C. 1883, Ord. XXXIV., the parties may, after writ issued, concur in stating the questions of law arising in the action in the form of a special case for the opinion of the Court, and 'if it appear to the Court or a judge that there is in any action a question of law which it would be convenient to have decided before any evidence is given or any question or issue of fact is tried, or before any reference is made to a referee or an arbitrator, the Court or judge may make an ordr accordingly, and may direct such question of law to be raised for the opinion of the Court, either by special case, or in such other manner as the Court or judge may deem expedient.' Similar power is given to referees to state a case by Ord. XXXVI., r. 52, and see the (English) Administration of Justice Act, 1932 (22 & 23 Geo. 5, c. 55). As to special case before the Judicature Acts, see (English) C.L.P. Act, 1852, ss. 42-48, and 13 & 14 Vict. c. 35 [(English) Turner's Act]. Where ...
Reserving points of law
Reserving points of law. It was long the practice for a judge at the assizes to reserve points of law for consideration by the full Court (for which he was sitting as Commissioner) at Westminster, and this practice, recognised by s. 34 of the Common Law Procedure Act, 1854, which conferred a right of appeal, was kept up by s. 46 of the Judicature Act, 1873, and R.S.C. Ord. XXXVI., r. 22, of the Rules of 1875. But s. 17 of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act, 1876, and R.S.C. Ord. XXXVI., r. 22A (now rescinded), substituted for this procedure the argument of the point on 'further consideration' before the judge himself, and now by R.S.C. Ord. XXXVI., r. 39, the judge shall, at or after trial, direct judgment to be entered as he shall think right, and no motion for judgment shall be necessary.As to the reserving points of law at sessions or assizes, see Crown Cases Act, 1848; Judicature Act, 1873, s. 47 [see now Jud. Act, 1925, s. 31 (1) (a)], and Judicature Act, 1875, s. 19 [see now (English...
Idem sonans
Idem sonans (sounding alike). A wrong or unsuit-able name. The courts will not set aside proceed-ings on account of the mispronunciation or mistake of names sounding alike, unless substantial in-justice has been done. See Reg. v. Mellor, (1858) 27 LJQB 121, where on a trial for murder it was discovered after conviction that Joseph Henry Thorne and William Thorniley, having both been on the panel, William Thorniley had by mistake answered to the name of Joseph Henry Thorne, and been sworn. Seven judges to six held that the conviction ought not to be set aside, two of them only on the ground of want of jurisdiction in the Court for Crown Cases Reserved (see CROWN CASES RESERVED); and see also Wells v. Cooper, (1874) 30 LT 721, where in an action of trespass Thomas Cox, a special juror, served by mistake for Thomas Fox on a common jury. And see MISNOMER....
Appeal
Appeal [fr. appellatio, Lat.; appeller, Fr.]. the judicial examination of the decision by a higher Court of the decision of an inferior Court. Thus there is an appeal from the High Court to the Court of Appeal (see (English) Judicature Act, 1925, s. 27), from the Court of Appeal to the House of Lords (see s. 3 of the (English) Appellate Jurisdiction Act, 1876, c. 59), from the Petty Sessions to Quarter Sessions, where the appeal is by way of retrial (see s. 19 of the (English) Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1879, also Summary Jurisdiction (Appeals) Act, 1933, and SESSIONS OF THE PEACE), from the County Courts to the Court of Appeal (see s. 105 of the County Courts Act, 1934, and next title), and in criminal matters, to the Court of Criminal Appeal under the (English) Criminal Appeal Act, 1907, or under the (English) Crown Cases Act, 1848 (11 & 12 Vict. c. 78). Appeals to the House of Lords in forma pauperis are checked by the (English) Appeal (Forma Pauperis) Act, 1893 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 22)...
Assassination
Assassination, murdering a person by lying in wait. In modern times the term is frequently applied to the open murder of great personages from political motives, as of the King of Italy by Brescia in 1900, and of the President of the United States of America by Czolgosz in 1901. The Offences against the (English) Person Act, 1861, s. 4, makes it a misdemeanour punishable by penal servitude for not more than ten years to solicit any person to murder any other person, whether a subject of the king or not, and whether within the king's dominions or not: and in Reg. v. Most, (1881) 7 QBD 244, this enactment was held by the Court for Crown Cases Reserved, constituted under the Crown Cases Act, 1948, to apply to the publication of a newspaper containing an article exulting over the assassination of the Emperor of Russia in 1881, and hoping that it was not the last....
reserve
reserve re·served re·serv·ing : to keep back or set apart: as a : to keep (a right, power, or interest) esp. by express declaration [all rights reserved] compare waive b : to defer a determination of (a question of law) [the justices reserved the question because it was not an issue in the case] n 1 : something stored or kept available for future use [an energy company with various unproven oil s] 2 : an act of reserving 3 : money kept in a separate account to meet future liabilities legal reserve : the minimum amount as determined by government standards of the deposits held by a bank or of the assets of a life insurance company required by law to be kept as reserves loss reserve 1 : a reserve allocated by a bank for the purpose of absorbing losses [a loan loss reserve] 2 : an insurance company's reserve representing the discounted value of future payments to be made on losses which may have already occurred policy reserve : an insurance company's reserve r...
Reserve Forces
Reserve Forces. 1. Army.--The (English) Reserve Forces Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 48), repealing and consolidating the prior Acts on the subject, established an 'Army Reserve' and a 'Militia Reserve.' The 'Army Reserve' consists of time-expired regular soldiers who are on its strength by reason of the terms of their enlistment or by re-engagement. As to the present character of the Militia, see that title. The Reserve is further strengthened by the Territorial Army Reserve, consisting of a reserve division, and also by a body composed of owners of motor cars who are liable to military service in an emergency, and the Act has been applied to an Air Force Reserve and Auxiliary Air Force Reserve under 7 & 8 Geo. 5, c. 51, and 14 & 15 Geo. 5, c. 15, and S.R. & O. 1924 (Nos. 1212 and 1213) and 1934 (No. 592). By 11 & 12 Geo. 5, c. 37, the 'Territorial Force' which was provided for in the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act, 1907 (7 Edw. 7, c. 9), became the 'Territorial Army,' and the speci...
Reserve and provision
Reserve and provision, the expression 'reserve' has not been defined in the Act and therefore one would be inclined to resort to its ordinary natural meaning as given in the dictionary but it seems to us that the dictionary meaning, though useful in itself, may not be sufficient, for, the dictionaries do not make any distinction between the two concepts 'reserve' and 'provision' which giving their primary meanings, whereas in the context of the legislation with which we are concerned in the case a clear distinction between the two is implied. According to the dictionaries (both Oxford and Webster) the applicable primary meaning of the word 'reserve' is: 'to keep for future use or enjoyment; to set apart for some propose or end in view; to keep in store for future or special use; to keep in reserve', while 'provision' according to Webster means: 'something provided for future'. In other words according to the dictionary meanings both the words are more or less synonymous and connote the...
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