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nolo contendere
a criminal prosecution that without admitting guilt subjects the defendant to conviction as in the case of a guilty plea but that does not bar denial of the truth of the charges in another proceeding (as a
Actus non facit reum, nisi mens sit rea.
reum, nisi mens sit rea. 3 Inst. 307; Co. Litt. 247 b.--(An act does not make a man guilty, unless there be guilty intention.) This is one of the most important rules of criminal law. 'As a
Embezzlement
is a clerk or servant whose business it is to receive money for his master, he is not guilty of embezzlement. But if he have been employed to receive it in a single instance, he need not
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Fox's Act
Act, 1792], which secured to juries, upon indictments for libel, the right of pronouncing a general verdict of guilty or not guilty upon the whole matter in issue, and no longer bound them to find a verdict
General issue
issue, a plea simply traversing modo et forma the allegations in the declaration, as the plea of 'not guilty' in torts; 'never indebted' to money counts, or 'nunquam assumpsit' to actions on simple contract (English) C.L.P. Act,
Murder
Infanticide Act, 1922, provides that a woman who wilfully causes the death of her newly-born child shall be guilty of the felony of infanticide if at the time she had not fully recovered from the effect of
Restitution of stolen goods
for stolen property, or to order the restitution thereof in a summary manner, upon a conviction of the guilty party. This restitution reaches the stolen goods (unless they be negotiable instruments) notwithstanding that the guilty party may
Wrongful detention and wrongful confinement
plaintiff after the plaintiff had demanded their return, he is, for such time as he so withholds them, guilty of wrongful detention. This is the trot of which a bailee or finder is guilty who is in
Perjury
that proceeding, which he knows to be false or does not believe to be true, he will be guilty of perjury and liable to penal servitude for not exceeding seven years, or imprisonment with or without hard
Misdemeanour
15 Vict. c. 100), s. 9, by which a person indicted for any felony may be found not guilty of the felony, but guilty of the attempt to commit it--have abrogated the Common Law rule. Consult Archbold's
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