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presentence report
by a probation officer upon conviction of a defendant that assists the sentencing court in imposing an appropriate sentence NOTE: The information contained in a presentence report includes the defendant's prior criminal history (if any) and relevant
acceptance of responsibility
the discretion under the federal sentencing guidelines to reduce the offense level and so impose a less severe sentence
Dominus litis
a suit or litigation; also an advocate who, after the death of his client, prosecuted a suit to sentence for the executor's use, Civil Law Dominus litis, the plaintiff is dominus litis, that is, master of, or
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Contumace capiendo
discontinued by 53 Geo. 3, c. 127, s. 2, and in lieu thereof, where a lawful citation or sentence has not been obeyed, the judge has power, after a certain period, to pronounce such person contumacious and
Dempster
or Doomster of Court was the designation of an official person whose duty it was to recite the sentence after it had been pronounced by the Court, and recorded by the clerk; on which occasion the Dempster
Desertion
a matrimonial offence, for which the remedy is under (English) Judicature Act, 1925, s. 185, by which a sentence of judicial separation may be obtained either by the husband or wife on the ground of desertion, without
Domestic relationship
Dome, or Doom [Sax.], a judgment, sentence, or decree
Finding mains holding
a court properly has find-ings of fact and holdings or conclusions of law. The writer of the following sentence observed the distinctions meticulously. Because we find that the jury's finding of concurrent fault is amply supported by
Doom
Doom [fr. dom, A.S., judgment; fr. deman, to deem or form a judgment], judicial sentence; judgment.
Double complaint, or Double quarrel
province, against the ordinary, for delaying or refusing to do justice in some cause ecclesiastical, as to give sentence, or institute a clerk, as in the celebrated case of Gorham v. Bishop of Exeter, (1850) 19 LJ
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