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sentence
sentence [Old French, opinion, judicial sentence, from Latin sententia, ultimately from sentire to feel, think, express an opinion] 1 : a judgment formally pronouncing the punishment to be inflicted on one convicted of a crime 2 : the punishment that one convicted of a crime is ordered to receive concurrent sentence : a sentence that runs at the same time as another consecutive sentence : a sentence that runs before or after another cumulative sentence : consecutive sentence in this entry ;also : the combination of two or more consecutive sentences death sentence : a sentence condemning the convicted defendant to death de·ter·mi·nate sentence [di-tər-mə-nət-] : a sentence for a fixed rather than indeterminate length of time general sentence : a sentence that does not allocate the punishment imposed for the individual counts on which the defendant was convicted NOTE: General sentences are impermissible. in·de·ter·mi·nate s...
Commute
To exchange to put or substitute something else in place of as a smaller penalty obligation or payment for a greater or a single thing for an aggregate hence to lessen to diminish as to commute a sentence of death to one of imprisonment for life to commute tithes to commute charges for fares...
Dismissed
Dismissed, denotes both termination of service for misconduct by way of punishment and also termination of service simpliciter, Workers Employed in Hirakud Dam v. State of Orissa, (1971) 1 SCC 583: AIR 1971 SC 2242: (1971) 3 SCR 646.Power to dismiss an appeal in limine is a power which must be exercised sparingly and with great circumspection. One would think a conviction for murder and a sentence of imprisonment for life were serious enough matters for the High Court to warrant 'admission' of the appeal and fair and independent consideration of the evidence by the High Court. Summary rejection of the appeal with the laconic expression 'dismissed' seems to be a drastic step in such cases. To so reject an appeal is to practically deny the right of appeal. One cannot also overemphasise the importance of the High Court making a speaking order when dismissing a criminal appeal in limine. 'The requirement of recording reasons for summary dismissal, however concise, serves to ensure proper f...
Kidnapping for ransom
Kidnapping for ransom, Whoever kidnaps or abducts any person or keeps a person in detention after such kidnapping or abduction, and threatens to cause death or hurt to such person, or by his conduct gives rise to a reasonable apprehension that such person may be put to death or hurt, or causes hurt or death to such person in order to compel the government or any foreign State or International inter-governmental organisation or any person to do or abstain from doing any act or to pay a ransom, shall be punishable with death, or imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable to fine. (Indian Penal Code, s. 364A)...
Maiming
Maiming, depriving of any necessary part. Mutilate, cripple whoever mains any minor in order that such minor may be employed or used for the purposes of begging shall be punishable with imprisonment for life and shall also be liable to the (Indian Penal Code, s. 363A). Also see MAYHEM....
Roman Catholics
Roman Catholics. Very severe laws, commonly called the penal laws, were passed against Roman Catholics, generally under the name of Papists (see that title), after the Reformation, an Act of Elizabeth, for instance, 13 Eliz. c. 2, punishing with the penalties of a pr'munire (see that title) any person bringing into this country any Agnus Dei, cross, picture, etc., from Rome; an Act of James, 3 Jac. 1, c. 5, penalizing the sale or purchase of Popish primers; and an Act of William and Mary (11 & 12 Wm. 3, c. 4), punishing any Papist assuming the education of youth with imprisonment for life. Exclusion from Parliament was effected by the requirement of the Declaration against Trans-ubstantiation (see TRANSUBSTANT- IATION) from members of either House by 30 Car. 2, s. 2, and disfranchisement by the requirements of the Oath of Supremacy by 7 & 8 Wm. 3, c. 27, s. 19; while 7 & 8 Wm. 3, c. 24, effected (until 1791) exclusion from the profession of barrister, attorney, or solicitor by requirin...
Uniformity, Act of
Uniformity, Act of, (English) 14 Car. 2, c. 4, 'for the Uniformity of Public Prayers and Administration of Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies and for establishing the Form of making, ordaining, and consecrating Bishops, Priests, and Deacons of the Church of England' (now partly repealed), received the Royal Assent on May 19, 1662 and came into operation on August 24 (the feast of St. Bartholomew) following (see Lane's Notes on English Church History).After a long preamble setting forth the preparation of the Prayer Book by several Bishops and other Divines appointed by the King, its approval by the two Convocations, and stating that 'nothing more conduceth to the peace of this nation, nor to the honour of our religion and the propagation thereof, than an universal agreement in the public worship of Almighty God.' The Act directs that:All and singular ministers in any cathedral, collegiate or parish church or chapel or other place of public worship within this realm of England, d...
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 free of a person from the suspicion or guilt of an offence; also to be free from entries and molestations by a superior lord, for services issuing out of lands, Cowel. Acquittal is of two kinds--(1) Acquittal in deed, as when a person is cleared by verdict; and (2) Acquittal in law, as if two be indicted for a felony, the one as principal and the other as accessory, and the jury acquit the principal, by law the accessory is also acquitted, 2 Inst. 384.Means the legal certification, usually by jury verdict, that an accused person is not guilty of the charged offence, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 24.If person is acquitted and ordered to be discharged it is illegal any longer to detain him, and the duty of seeing that he is at once discharged is upon the governor of the p...
Poison
Poison (poison, Fr.; fr. potio, Lat., a drink--applied originally to a medicated drink or draught].The administration of poison or other destructive thing, if done with intent to commit murder, is a felony, punishable with penal servitude for life, or any term not exceeding three years, or with imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years [(English) Offences against the Person Act, 1861, s. 11], and so is the attempt to administer with like intent, whether bodily injury be effected or not (s. 14).On a trial for murder of A, by poisoning, evidence of a subsequent poisoning of other persons is admissible against the prisoner, Reg. v. Geering, (1849) 18 LJMC 215; Rex v. Armstrong, (1922) 38 TLR 631; as also of antecedent poisoning, Reg. v. Garner, (1863) 3 F&F 681.Unlawful and malicious administering of poison so as to endanger life or to inflict grievous bodily harm is a felony, punishable by penal servitude up to ten years, or imprisonment; and such adminis-tration with intent to i...
Abusing children
Abusing children, having carnal intercourse with young girls. If the girl be under the age of 13 (formerly 10 and afterwards 12) years, the offences is a felony punishable with penal servitude for life; if the girl be above the age of 13 (formerly 10 and afterwards 12) and under 16 (formerly 12 and afterwards 13), the offence is a misdemeanour punishable by imprisonment, with or without hard labour, to the extent of two years, (English) Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1885 (48 & 49 Vict. C. 69), repealing the (English) Offences against the Person Act, 1875, repealing 24 & 25 Vict. C. 100, ss. 50, 51, which fixed lesser ages as above. The (English) Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1922 (12 & 13 Geo. 5, c. 56), amends the Act of 1885, so that in the case of the second of the above-mentioned offences, it shall be a sufficient defence if it shall be made to appear to the Court or jury that the person charged had reasonable cause to believe that the girl was of, or above the age of 16, but only if h...
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