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Criminal Charge, that in determining whether proceedings for condemnation constituted a 'criminal charge' for the purpose of Article 6 of the convention the court had to consider, Regina (Mudie) v. Dover Magistrates' Ct (CA), (2003) 2 WLR 1344.The court concludes as did the chamber that the nature of the charges together with the nature and severity of the penalties, were such that the charges against the applicants constituted criminal charges with in the meaning of Article 6 of the Convention which article applied to their adjudication hear-ings, R. (Napier) v. Home Secretary (QBD), (2004) 1 WLR 3056. [Human Rights Act, 1998, Art. 6]Possesses an autonomous meaning in the European Court of Human Rights jurisprudence. It is also true that the first of the three criteria, that is the domestic classification of the proceedings, is treated as no more than a starting point, Regina (Mudie) v. Dover Magistrates' Ct, (2003) LR 1238 QB (CA)....

McNabb-Mallory rule

McNabb-Mallory rule, Criminal Procedure the doctrine that a confession is inadmissible if obtained during an reasonably long detention period between arrest and preliminary hearing. Because of the broader protections afforded under the Mioranda rule, the McNabb-Mallory rule is rarely applied in modern cases, McNabb v. United States, 318 US 332, 63 S.Ct. 608 (1943); Mallory v. United States, 354 US 449, 77 S.Ct. 1356 (1957); Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 994....

Suit of partition

Suit of partition, means a judgment delivered by a court in a partition suit which is followed by a preliminary decree cannot be said to be a final judgment in the suit. Proceedings which parties may take pursuant to the preliminary decree are still a part of the suit, and it is only with the passing of the final decree that the suit comes to an end, Ct. ACt Nachiappa Chettiar v. Ct. ACt Subramanian, AIR 1960 SC 307: (1960) 2 SCR 209: (1960) SCJ 416: (1960) 1 SCA 655: (1960) 1 Mad LJ (SC) 101: (1960) 1 Andh WR (SC) 101....

Celtium

The first proposed name for a supposed new element of the rare earth group accompanying lutecium and scandium in the gadolinite earths It is now considered identical to Lutetium The proposed symbol was Ct no period but this name and symbol are no longer used...

Pardo

A money of account once used in in Goa India equivalent to about 2s 6d sterling or 60 cts in 1913...

Act of State doctrine

Act of State doctrine, common law principle that prevents U.S. Courts from questioning the validity of a foreign country's sovereign acts within its own territory; as originally formulated by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1897, the doctrine provides that Courts of one country will not sit in judgment on the acts of the Government of another done within its own territory, Underhill v. Hernandez, 168 US 250, 252: 18 S. Ct. 83, 84 (1897).Is an act that is intended to create, transfer, or extinguish a right and that is effective in law for that purpose; the exercise of a legal power, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 25....

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