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Obsolete

plea, and the inquiry whether the prisoner fled for his crime in criminal cases (see the title PEINE FORTE ET DURE, and FLY FOR IT), but the view of Lord Coleridge, C.J., in Reg. v. Ramsay and

Foras

limited to the new salt batty ground reclaimed from the sea, or other waste ground lying outside the Fort, Native Town, and other the more ancient settled and cultivated grounds in the island, or to the quit-rent

Mute of malice

of one who abstains from pleading to an indictment when he is able to do so. See PEINE FORTE ET DURE.

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Mutus

mute is when a person, being arraigned, either cannot speak, or refuses to answer or plead. SEE PEINE FORTE ET DURE. To advise a prisoner to stand mute is a contempt of Court. see MISPRISON.

Prolem ante matrimonium natam, ut post legitimam, lex civilis succedere facit in h'reditate parentum; sed prolem, quam matrimonium non parit, succedere non sinit lex Anglorum

lex civilis succedere facit in h'reditate parentum; sed prolem, quam matrimonium non parit, succedere non sinit lex Anglorum. Fort. C. 39, (The Civil Law permits the offspring born before marriage, provided such offspring be afterwards legitimized, to

Obstruction

will is not an obstruction to an act but a compulsion to make them act, CCE v. Pradip Fort Trust, AIR 1990 SC 1897 (1900). (Customs Act, 1962, s. 133) Obstruction is not confined to physical obstruction

Ordnance Office, or Board of Ordnance

the arms, instruments, and utensils of war, both by sea and land, in all the magazines, garrisons, and forts of Great Britain. It was divided into two distinct branches, the civil and the military, by 4 &

Pela

Pela, a peel, pile, or fort.

Pressing of death

Pressing of death. See PEINE FORTE ET DURE.

African company

the company and annulled all the grants made to them; under it the Crown took possession of their forts and castles, and the trade was thrown open.

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