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Negligence per se
common prudence that it can be said without hesitation or doubt that no careful person would have been guilty of it. As a general rule, the violation of a public duty, enjoined by law for the protection
Penalty
as a penalty even though it is not being recovered pursuant to an order finding the person concerned guilty of a crime. In Article 20(1) the expression 'penalty' is used in the narrow sense as meaning a
Lunatic
insane persons, see MACNAUGHTON'S CASE, RULES IN. A jury may return the special verdict that a prisoner is guilty of the offence charged but insane at the time he committed it [(English) Trial of Lunatics Act, 1883,
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Rape
s. 48 of the Offences against the Person Act, 1861) that any person convicted of rape shall be guilty of felony, and be liable to be kept in penal servitude for life, or for not less than
Reasonable grounds
something more than prima facie grounds. It contemplates substantial probable causes for believing that the accused is not guilty of the alleged offence. The reasonable belief contemplated in the provision requires existence of such facts and circumstances
Sentence
Maharashtra, (1977) Mah LJ 338. Means the judgment that a court formally pronoun-ces after finding a criminal defendant guilty, the punishment imposed on a criminal wrongdoer, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1367. The expression 'sentence' must
Sessions of the peace
her an appeal from any conviction by a Court of summary jurisdiction where the appellant has not pleaded guilty to or admitted the offence [(English) Criminal Justice Administration Act, 1914, s. 37 (1)]; and under the Criminal
Verdict
if for the defendant, then, 'We find for the defendant.' In criminal cases a general verdict is either Guilty, or Not Guilty. If there be several issues, the verdict may be distributed, some issues being found for
Minatur innocentibus, qui parcit nocentibus
Minatur innocentibus, qui parcit nocentibus [Lat.], he threatens the innocent who spares the guilty. --4 Co. 45.--(He threatens the innocent who spares the guilty.)
plead
called upon to "Kansas Statutes Annotated"] see also alternative 2 : to make a specific plea [ not guilty] ;also : to make a plea of guilty [agreed to to the lesser charge] vt 1 : to
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