Guilt - Law Dictionary Search Results
Chance
an accidental mischief should follow from the performance of a lawful act, the party stands excused from all guilt; but if the act be felonious, and a consequence ensues not foreseen or intended, as the death of
Burden of proof
the standard or proof in civil and criminal cases. In a criminal case, the burden of proving the guilt of the accused beyond reasonable doubt is heavily cast on the prosecution; whereas the standard of proof in
Approver, or Prover
is admitted as a witness as the discretion of the Court to give evidence against his companions in guilt. He is vulgarly called 'King's evidence.' This testimony must necessarily be of an unsatisfactory nature, and the practice
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Acquittal
Acquittal, The legal certification usually by jury verdict that an accused person is not guilty of the charged offence. [fr. acquitter, Fr.; quietus, Lat., to free, acquit, or discharged], a deliverance and setting
Shame
A painful sensation excited by a consciousness of guilt or impropriety or of having done something which injures reputation or of the exposure of that which nature
Self reproving
Reproving ones self reproving by consciousness of guilt
Self abased
Humbled by consciousness of inferiority unworthiness guilt or shame
Self reproved
Reproved by ones own conscience or ones own sense of guilt
Righteous
or according with that which is right yielding to all their due just equitable especially free from wrong guilt or sin holy as a righteous man or act a righteous retribution
Remorse
The anguish like gnawing pain excited by a sense of guilt compunction of conscience for a crime committed or for the sins of ones past life
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