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Crown Office Rules, 1906

Crown Office Rules, 1906, a large body of Rules, 269 in number,with Forms and Tables of Fees,issued by the Rules Committee of the Supreme Court, superseding the 308 Rules of 1886 as from October 24h, 1906,...

possession

and control over a controlled substance or other contraband d in the civil law of Louisiana : the detention or enjoyment of a corporeal thing e : control or occupancy of property actual possession 1 : direct

Criminal Law Amendment Acts, 1885 to 1928 (English)

their own behalf. The Act is amended by the Criminal Law Amendment Act,1912, which empowers a constable to arrest without a warrant any person offending against the Act of 1885, provides the flogging offenders, and maks better

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prisoner

: a person deprived of liberty and kept under involuntary restraint, confinement, or custody ;esp : one under arrest, awaiting trial, on trial, or serving a prison sentence

mirandize

mirandize -dized -diz·ing : to recite the Miranda warnings to (a person under arrest)

motion

: an application made to a court or judge to obtain an order, ruling, or direction [a to arrest judgment] ;also : a document containing such an application b : the initiative of a court to issue

no-knock

no-knock : of, relating to, or being entry by police (as to make an arrest) into private premises without knocking and without identifying themselves [a raid] no-knock n

out of status

concept of immigration status and the consequences of violating that status. Failure to maintain status can result in arrest, and violators may be required to leave the U.S. Violation of status also can affect the prospect of

penitentiary

state or federal prison for the punishment and reformation of convicted felons compare house of correction, house of detention, jail, lockup

piracy

1 : an act of robbery esp. on the high seas ;specif : an illegal act of violence, detention, or plunder committed for private ends by crew or passengers of a private ship or aircraft against another

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