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Attainder
the blood of a criminal capitally condemned; it is the immediate inseparable consequence, by the Common Law, of sentence of death being pronounced, or of outlawry for a capital offence. the criminal then becomes dead in law,
Acquittal
a major charge and the High Court on appeal sets aside the acquittal under the major charge and sentences the person to imprisonment for life or to a sentence of not less than ten years, Kishore Singh
Deprivation
Deprivation, taking away from a clergy-man his patronage, vicarage, or other spiritual promotion or dignity, either, first, by sentence declaratory in the proper Court for fit and sufficient causes; such as conviction of infamous crime; for heresy,
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Commute
a greater or a single thing for an aggregate hence to lessen to diminish as to commute a sentence of death to one of imprisonment for life to commute tithes to commute charges for fares
Trade Union
rules or resolutions of such trade union; or (c) To discharge any fine imposed upon any person by sentence of a Court of justice; or (4)Any agreement made between one trade union and another; or (5) Any
condemn
condemn 1 : to impose a penalty on ;esp : to sentence to death 2 : to adjudge unfit for use or consumption 3 : to declare convertible to public
Damn
To condemn to declare guilty to doom to adjudge to punishment to sentence to censure
Three-strikes law
Three-strikes law, means a statute prescribing an enhanced sentence, especially life imprisonment for a repeat offender's third felony conviction, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1490.
Pentonville prison
6 Vict. c. 29 and 13 & 14 Vict. c. 39 for the confine-ment of male convicts under sentence of trans-portation, and later used for the confinement of those sentenced to penal servitude. Discontinued and sold under
Martial law
in the maintenance or restoration of order in any area where martial law was in force, validate any sentence passed, punishment inflicted, forfeiture ordered or any other act done under martial law, Commentary on the Constitution of
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