Guilty Verdict - Law Dictionary Search Results
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sixty days "J. H. Friedenthal et al."] [the grand jury ed six indictments] [ed a verdict of not guilty] 2 : to bring in or produce (as earnings or profit) : yield re·turn·able adj n 1 a
Acquittal in fact
Acquittal in fact, means an acquittal by a jury verdict of not guilty, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 24.
Attainder
mortuus. It differs from conviction in that it is after judgment, whereas conviction is upon the verdict of guilty but before judgment pronounced, and may be quashed upon some point of law reserved, or judgment may be
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Press
such report, subject to qualified privilege; if found published bona fide and without malice, a verdict of 'not guilty' is to be entered. See the (English) Newspaper Libel and Registration Act, 1881 (44 & 45 Vict. c.
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Brennan, Jr."] 2 : to contrive the evidence against (as an innocent person) so that a verdict of guilty is assured
Convict
Convict, a person found guilty of a crime or offence alleged against him, either by a verdict of a jury or other legal
Fly for it
for it. On a criminal trial in former times it was usual after the verdict, even if not guilty, to inquire also: 'Did he fly for it ?' Forfeiture of goods followed a conviction upon such inquiry.
Mercy, Recommendation to
Mercy, Recommendation to. It has for many years been common for a jury in finding a prisoner guilty, especially where the crime is murder, to accompany their verdict by a recommendation of the prisoner to the
Mitigation
is a speech made by the defendant or his counsel to the judge, after verdict or plea of guilty, and which may be followed by a speech in aggravation from the prosecuting counsel. By 27 & 28
Inquisition
by his death by murder or manslaughter, the persons, if any, whom the jury find to have been guilty of such murder or manslaughter, or of being accessories before the fact to such murder.' The inquisition must … 1. A coroner's inquisition, which is [see (English) Coroners Act,1887, s. 4, sub-s. 3] a certificate of the verdict of the jury, 'setting forth, so far as such particulars have been proved to them, who the deceased
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