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Ordinarily resides

However in cases of minor no question of intention can arise. The place has to be determined by finding out as to whether the minor was ordinarily residing and where such residence would have continued but for

Newspaper

countercharges; submissions on points of law; the decision of the Court thereon; and the summing-up of the judge, finding of the jury, and judgment of the Court. No prosecution under this Act may be commenced without the

New trial

on any question in an action, whatever be the grounds for the new trial, without interfering with the finding or decision upon any other question. [(English) R.S.C. 1883, Ord. XXXIX., r. 7] (9) Where there has been

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Conviction

convicted is tried for a subsequent offence, proof of his previous con-viction cannot be given until after a finding of guilty of such subsequent offence, unless evidence of his good character be given.-(English) Previous Conviction Act, 1836,

Office found

Office found, the finding of a jury in an inquest of office of a fact which entitles the Crown to the possession

Birth, Concealing

if there is evidence of that offence. The (English) Infanticide Act, 1922, s. 1(4), provides for such a finding in the case of the acquittal of a woman upon indictment for infanticide; (English) Infant Life (Preservation) Act,

inquest

a body of people (as a jury) assembled to hold a judicial or official inquiry ;also : the finding of such an inquiry or the document recording it

temporary protected status (tps)

1990, the Attorney General may designate nationals of a foreign state to be eligible for TPS with a finding that conditions in that country pose a danger to personal safety due to ongoing armed conflict or an

search and seizure

seizure The body of law that covers the issues of examining a person's property with the intention of finding evidence not in plain view (search) and taking possession of that property against the will of its owner

search

agent that intrudes on an individual's reasonable expectation of privacy and is conducted usually for the purpose of finding evidence of unlawful activity or guilt or to locate a person [warrantless es are invalid unless they fall

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