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Expulsion
of Lords has the right, although absolute, to disqualify a peer from sitting in the House by its sentence when the offender has been tried and found guilty on impeachment. Such disqualifica-tion may be permanent or temporary
Homicide
I. Justifiable, of three kinds: (a) Where the proper officer executes a criminal in strict conformity with his sentence. (b) Where an officer of justice, or other person acting in his aid, in the legal exercise of
Incivile est, nisi tota sententia inspecta, de aliqua parte judicare
inspecta, de aliqua parte judicare. Hob. 171, (It is improper to judge of any part unless the whole sentence be examined.)
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Confessus in judicio pro judicato habetur, et quodam modo sua sententia damnatur
A person confessing a judgment is deemed as adjudged, and in a manner is condemned by his own sentence.
Consistory Court
ecclesiastical causes arising within their jurisdiction. The bishop's chancellor, or his commissary, is the judge, and from his sentence an appeal lies, by virtue of 24 Hen. 8, c. 12, to the archbishop of each province respectively.
Acceptilatio
of something merely nominal in satisfaction of a verbal contract. In order to enter into acceptilatio the formal sentence was used in Civil Law: 'quod ego tibi promisi, habesue acceptum? habeo.'-Sand Just. See STIPULATION.
Commission of dlegates
bishops and judges, to sit upon and appeal to the King in the Court of Chancery, where a sentence was given in any ecclesiastical cause by the archbishop, 25 Hen. 8, c. 19, repealed by 2 &
Character and antecedents
to proceed summarily may not be taken into consideration when they come to decide whether to commit for sentence, but where they have failed to make a proper inquiry before deciding to proceed summarily, they may have
Reversible
Capable of being reversed as a chair or seat having a reversible back a reversible judgment or sentence
Capias ad audiendum judicum
(the trial of which may happen in his absence), to bring him up to the Court to receive sentence
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