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variance
(as in an indictment or complaint) and proof offered at trial that warrants an appropriate remedy (as a directed verdict or an acquittal) when prejudicial to the substantial rights of the defendant 2 : an authorization to do
Felo de se
must beheld in every case of suicide, and in the absence of evidence of unsoundness of mind a verdict of felo de se must still be directed and returned. To attempt to commit suicide is a misdemeanour … roads met, with a stake driven through their bodies, was abolished by 4 Geo. 4, c. 52, which directed burial in the churchyard or other burial ground (without divine service) between the hours of nine and twelve
Payment of Money into Court
Courts Act, 1934, s. 99 (3) (d), Sch. III., and C.C.R., Ord. IX., Rule 26 of that Order directing that the fact of such payment is not to be communicated to a jury until after the verdict
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democracy
b : a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections 2 : a political unit … democracy pl: -cies 1 a : government by the people ;esp : rule of the majority b : a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them
render
or information: as a : hand down [ a judgment] b : to agree on and report (a verdict) compare enter 3 : to give in acknowledgment of dependence or obligation : make payment of 4 : … enter 3 : to give in acknowledgment of dependence or obligation : make payment of 4 : to direct the execution of [ justice] ren·der·able adj
Cestui que trust
trust, if the trustee fails in his duty, is by an action in the Chancery Division (in the majority of cases instituted by way of an Originating Summons). The phrase cestui que trust is Norman-French. In Roman
Summing up
Summing up. The recapitulation of evidence or parts of it by a judge to a jury, with directions as to what form of verdict they ae to give upon it.
direct
authority [the testator ed that the car go to his niece] 2 : to order entry of (a verdict) without jury consideration [the court ed a verdict in favor of the defendant] 3 : to act as … direct 1 : to order with authority [the testator ed that the car go to his niece] 2 :
Macnaughton's Case, Rules in
Rules in [4 St. Tr. (N.S.) 847]. A discussion took place in the House of Lords upon the direction to the jury by Tindal, C.J., in the trial of Macnaughton, and as a result a series of … Macnaughton, and as a result a series of questions were put to the judges. The answers of the majority constitute 'the rules in Macnaughton's case,' and have been accepted as laying down the law as to insanity
Uses
would convey the estate to the cestui que use or his heirs, or any other person by his direction; and (3) that if the feoffee to uses had been dispossessed, and the cestui que use disturbed, the … or to pay debts, or to pay over the profits, or to convey to a child on attaining majority, or to re-convey on the repayment of a mortgage-loan, the statute was precluded from the very nature of
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