Death Penalty - Law Dictionary Search Results
bill
permitted that attainted a person and imposed a sentence of death without benefit of a judicial trial see also attainder compare … judicial trial see also attainder compare bill of pains and penalties in this entry 2 : a legislative act that imposes
Criminal Appeal Act, 1907 (English)
and thejury find her not pregnant, see (English) Sentence of Death (Expectant Mothers) Act, 1931 (21 & 22 Geo. 5, c. … (c) with theleave of the Courtof Criminal Appeal against the sentence passed on his conviction, unless the sentence is one fixed
Sentence of a Court
of which the Court is bound to pronounce sentence of death, by s. 2 of the Offences against the Person Act, … Sentence of a Court, a definite judgment pro-nounced in a criminal
Executor
rule it relates back to the time of the testator' death, and as the executor derives full power from the will … death of testator, and if delayed after that time a penalty of 100l. and 10l. per cent. on the property would
Bill of pains and penalties
Act of the legislature which inflicts a punishment, less than death, upon persons supposed to be guilty of treason of felony, … Bill of pains and penalties, a special Act of the legislature which inflicts a punishment,
Prerogative of mercy
cases of high treason, or to change the sentence of death by hanging for felony into one of decapitation: cf. Advice … The Prerogative of Mercy was frequently invoked to alter the sentence, either to obviate the necessity for the literal execution of
Remit
as the case may be in remitting the sentence of death. A remission of sentence does not mean acquittal, Ram Deo … to refrain from inflicting to give up. A remission of sentence does not mean acquittal, Ram Deo Chauhan v. State of
Black cap
The head-dress worn by the judge in pronouncing sentence of death is not an emblem of the sentence. It is part … Black cap. The head-dress worn by the judge in pronouncing sentence of death is not an emblem of the sentence. It
Commute
to lessen to diminish as to commute a sentence of death to one of imprisonment for life to commute tithes to … or substitute something else in place of as a smaller penalty obligation or payment for a greater or a single thing
Age
except under special circumstances (s. 52). Further, no sentence of death may be pronounced against a child or young person (s. … indecent assault, Reg. v. Williams, 1893 (1) QB 320. The penalties are now regulated by the (English) Children and Young Persons
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