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gaol gaol·er chiefly Brit var of jail jailer ...
Gaol delivery
Gaol delivery, a commission to the judges, etc., to try and deliver every prisoner in gaol when they arrive at the assize town. See ASSIZE....
Gaol Sessions
Gaol Sessions, a special sessions of county justices of the peace, constituted under 5 Geo 4, c. 12, for regulating matters connected with county gaols. See PRISONS....
Clerico convicto commisso gaol' in defectu ordinarii deliberando
Clerico convicto commisso gaol' in defectu ordinarii deliberando, an ancient writ, that lay for the delivery to his ordinary, of a clerk convicted of felony where the ordinary did not challenge him, according to the privilege of clerks, Ibid. 69....
Gaol
Gaol [fr. gaola, Lat.; geole, Fr., a cage for birds], a prison; a strong place for the confinement of offen-ders against the law. See PRISONS....
Oyer and Terminer, Courts of, and General Gaol Delivery
Oyer and Terminer, Courts of, and General Gaol Delivery. See ASSIZES....
Assize, or assise
Assize, or assise [fr. assideo, Lat., to sit together; whence assire, O. Fr., to set, assis, set, seated, sealed], anciently a statute or ordinance, e.g., Assize of Clarendon; also a jury, who sit together for the purpose of trying a cause, or rather a Court of jurisdiction which summons jury by a commission of assize to take the assizes. Hence the judicial assemblies, held by the king's commission in every county as well to take indictments as to try causes at Nisi Prius, are commonly termed the assizes. There are two commissions. (I.) General, which is issued twice a year to the judges being usually assigned to every circuit. See CIRCUITS. The judges have four several commissions: (1) of oyer and terminer, directed to them and many other gentlemen of the county, by which they are empowered to try treasons, felonies, etc. This is the largest commission. (2) Of gaol delivery, directed to the judges and the clerk of assize or associate, empowering them to try every prisoner in the gaol ...
Gaol
A place of confinement especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment a jail...
Bono et malo
Bono et malo (Writ de), an abolished writ of gaol delivery, which issued for every prisoner....
De bono et malo, writs
De bono et malo, writs. It was anciently the course to issue special writs of gaol delivery for each particular prisoner which were called writs de bono et malo; but these being found inconvenient or oppressive, a general commission for all the prisoners has long been established in their stead, 4 Steph. Com., 7th Edn. 315....
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