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bind over
in court) under court authority 2 : to transfer (a case or defendant) to another forum after a finding of probable cause at a preliminary hearing NOTE: In states that require indictment by a grand jury in
fact
thing whose actual occurrence or existence is to be determined by the evidence presented at trial see also finding of fact at finding, judicial notice question of fact at question, trier of fact compare law, opinion adjudicative
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
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Open verdict
A verdict on a preliminary investigation finding the fact of a crime but not stating the criminal or finding the fact of a violent death
Quadrature
The act of squaring the finding of a square having the same area as some given curvilinear figure as the quadrature of a circle
Action
a company or corporation, Fr. Comm. Law. 'Action' means administrative action taken by way of decision, recommendation or finding or in any other manner and includes wilful failure or omission to act and all other expressions [relating
arbitrary
will without regard for facts or applicable law often used in the phrase arbitrary and capricious [an agency finding or conclusion of lack of evidence would be and capricious if the record afforded no substantial basis for
Inquisition
Inquisition, inquiry, inquest; the finding of a tribunal charged to inquire. The three best known inquisitions are:- 1. A coroner's inquisition, which is
Direction to consider the case
the case, in case where High Court merely directs the authority to 'consider' the matter without recording any finding or without expressing any view, the authority has to consider the matter in accordance with law and in
Sentence
Maulamaiya v. State of Maharashtra, (1977) Mah LJ 338. Means the judgment that a court formally pronoun-ces after finding a criminal defendant guilty, the punishment imposed on a criminal wrongdoer, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1367.
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