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Actus reus

with mens rea to establish criminal liability; a forbidden act i.e. the actus reus for theft is the taking of or … Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 37. The phrase 'deed of crime' i.e. actus reus as so used does not indicate the crime

Arraign

Arraign [fr. arraisonner, aresner, aregnir, arraigner, Old Fr., i.e., ad rationem ponere, Lat., to call one to account], to … plea. The pleas upon arraignment are either the general issue, i.e., not guilty, or a plea in abatement or in bar,

Copyhold

of the homage. (3) The copyholder is entitled to estovers, i.e., housebote, hedgebote, and ploughbote, unless restrained by particular custom. (4) … or by refusing to perform the services. Copyholds maybe enfranchised, i.e., converted into free tenure, in several ways:' (1) If the

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Cumulative legacies

as a mere repetition of the first, or as cumulative, i.e., additional. In determining this question, the intention of the testator,

Final report, charge-sheet

a 'charge-sheet'. In case of reports sent under s. 169, i.e., where there is no sufficiency of evidence to justify forwarding … of a case to a Magistrate, it is termed variously i.e., referred charge, final report or summary, Gangadhar Janardan Mhatre v.

Offer of shares to the public

the public of any shares for purchase except as provided, i.e. (a) shares dealt in with permission of any recognised stock … the same Act; s. 356 also absolutely prohibits 'share pushing,' i.e., any person going from house to house (not being an

Degree

an accused person is a principal in the first degree (i.e., the actual perpetrator of the crime) or in the second … actual perpetrator of the crime) or in the second dgree (i.e., one who merely aids and abets). means a degree obtained

Information

in writing or on oath unless some Act of Parliament (i.e., the Act under which the particular offence is punishable) otherwise

Judicial power

1957 MP 165. Means the judicial power which every authority i.e., courts i.e., High Court and subordinate judiciary, established under Chapters … 165. Means the judicial power which every authority i.e., courts i.e., High Court and subordinate judiciary, established under Chapters V and

Load-line

to which it should be lawful to load a ship,' i.e., a compulsory load-line, for a load-line indicating a point beyond … loaded, as prescribed by the (English) Merchant Shipping Act, 1876, i.e., an optional load-line; and this provision of the Act of

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