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False Verdict. Formerly, if a jury gave a false verdict, the party injured by it might sue out a writ of attain against them, either at Common Law or on 11 Hen. 7, c. 24, at his election, for the purpose of reversing the judgment and punishing the jury for their verdict; but not where the jury erred merely point at law, if they found according to the judge's direction. The practice of setting aside verdicts and granting new trials, however, so superseded the use of attains that there is no instance of one to be found in our books of reports later than in the time of Elizabeth, and it was altogether abolished by the (English) County Juries Act, 1825 (6 Geo. 4, c. 50), s. 60....
verdict
verdict [alteration (partly conformed to Medieval Latin veredictum) of Anglo-French veirdit statement, finding, verdict, from Old French veir true (from Latin verus) + dit saying, from Latin dictum] 1 : the usually unanimous finding or decision of a jury on one or more matters (as counts of an indictment or complaint) submitted to it in trial that ordinarily in civil actions is for the plaintiff or for the defendant and in criminal actions is guilty or not guilty compare judgment compromise verdict : a verdict produced not by sincere unanimous agreement on guilt or liability but by an improper surrender of individual convictions ;specif : an impermissible verdict by a jury that is unable to agree on liability and so compromises on an award of damages that is less than what it should be if the plaintiff has a right of recovery free from any doubts di·rect·ed verdict 1 : a verdict granted by the court when the party with the burden of proof has failed to present sufficie...
Attaint, writ of
Attaint, writ of, issued to inquire whether a jury of twelve men gave a false verdict, so that the judgment following thereupon might be reversed. This writ was abolished by the (English) County Juries Act, 1825 (6 Geo. 4, c. 50), ss. 60, 61. A corrupt juror is punishable by fine and imprisonment, upon an indictment or information....
False pretence, obtaining property
False pretence, obtaining property, this offence, though allied to larceny, is distinguishable from it, as being perpetrated through the medium of a mere fraud; it is a misdemeanour at Common Law. By the Larceny Act, 1916, s. 32:-Every person who, by any false pretence:(1) with intent to defraud, obtains from any other person any chattel, money or valuable security, or causes or procures any money to be paid or any chattel or valuable security to be delivered to himself or to any other person for the use or benefit or on account of himself or any other person; or(2) with intent to defraud or injure any other person fradulently causes or induces any other person:(a) to execute, make, accept, endorse or destroy the whole or any part of any valuable security; or(b) to write, impress or affix his name or the name of any other person, or the seal of any corporate body or society, upon any paper or parchment in order that the same may be afterwards made or converted into, or used or dealt wi...
Verdict
Verdict [fr. vere dictum, Lat.], the determination of a jury declared to a judge.1. A jury's finding or decision on factual issue of a case 2. Loosely, in a non jury trial, a judge's resolution of the issues of a case.The verdict is either general or special. A general verdict is given, viva voce, by the jury, thus, 'We find for the plaintiff, damages -,' or, if for the defendant, then, 'We find for the defendant.' In criminal cases a general verdict is either Guilty, or Not Guilty. If there be several issues, the verdict may be distributed, some issues being found for the plaintiff and others for the defendant. A verdict must comprehend the whole issues submitted to a jury in the particular cause, otherwise the judgment founded upon it may be reversed. See SPECIAL VERDICT; PREVERSE VERDICT....
Fabricating false evidence
Fabricating false evidence, S. 192 (of IPC) defines compendiously the offence of fabricating false evidence. It reads thus:'Whoever causes any circumstances to exist... or makes any document containing a false statement intending that such circumstance..... or false statement may appear in evidence in a judicial proceeding..... and that such circumstance......... or false statement, so appearing in evidence, may cause any person who in such proceeding is to form an opinion upon the evidence, to entertain an erroneous opinion touching any point material to the result of such proceeding, is said to fabricate false evidence, Dr. S. Dutt v. State of U.P., AIR 1966 SC 523 (527): (1966) 1 SCR 493.Whoever causes any circumstance to exist or makes any false entry in any book or record, (or electronic record) or makes any document (or electronic record) containing a false statement, intending that such circumstance, false entry or false statement may appear in evidence in a judicial proceeding,...
Falsely charges
Falsely charges, The expression 'falsely charges' in this section, cannot mean giving false evidence as a prosecution witness against an accused person during the course of a criminal trail. 'To falsely charge' must refer to the criminal or initial accusation putting or seeking to put in motion the machinery of criminal investigation and not when seeking to prove the false charge by making deposition in support of the charge framed in that trial. The words 'falsely charges' have to be read along with the expression 'institution of criminal proceeding'. Both these expressions, being susceptible of analogous meaning should be understood to have been used in their content sense. They get as it were their colour and content from each other. They seems to have been used in a technical sense as commonly understood in our criminal law. The false charge must, therefore be made initially to a person in authority or to someone who is in a position to get offender punished by appropriate proceedi...
age of majority
age of majority :the age at which a person is granted by law the rights (as ability to sue) and responsibilities (as liability under contract) of an adult compare emancipate NOTE: At common law, the age of majority was 21. Age of majority is now set by statute, in most states at 18. The age at which a person may perform various acts, as legally drink alcoholic beverages, make a binding contract, or make a valid will, does not necessarily correspond with the age of majority. ...
aider by verdict
aider by verdict : the presumption after a verdict that all facts necessary to the verdict were proven : the correcting of a pleading defect (as failing to allege a fact) by the verdict in order to conform to the evidence ...
majority
majority pl: -ties 1 a : legal age b : the status of one who has reached legal age 2 a : a number or quantity greater than half of a total compare plurality b : the excess of a majority over the remainder of the total 3 a : the group or political party whose votes predominate b : the judges voting in a particular case who together determine the prevailing decision see also majority opinion at opinion compare dissent majority adj ...
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