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Penalty

'where any penalty is imposable', because so far as the disciplinary authority is concerned it cannot impose a sentence. The word 'penalty' used in Rule 14(i) of the Rules of 1968 is relatable to the penalties to

Death penalty

The capital punishment for murder was abolished by the murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act, 1965 and a sentence of life imprisonment substituted, Dictionary of Law, L.B. Curzon, 4th Edn., 1993, p. 53 [Murder (Abolition of Death

Those convicted of offences under

Those convicted of offences under, mean those convicted and are undergoing sentence imposed consequent to such conviction, Bhagwat Sharma v. State of Madhya Pradesh, 1995 Jab LJ 335.

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convict

offense [was ed of fraud] compare acquit [kÄ n-vikt] n : a person convicted of and serving a sentence for a crime

Capital punishment

admit within the prison.'-Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Criminal Law,' where see the Rules of 1888 under the Act. See SENTENCE OF DEATH. The mode in the United Kingdom is hanging, but for high treason the Crown may alter

judgment of conviction

written record of a criminal judgment, consisting of the plea, the verdict or findings, the adjudication, and the sentence. Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 847

Sentence method

Matched in: Term Sentence method

Sentence

Matched in: Term Sentence

punch line

The final sentence phrase or word in a joke or humorous story that is unexpected and produces the humorous effect the

Motto

A sentence phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievment

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