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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,...
Parol
Parol, means release from jail, prison or other confinement after actually serving part of sentence; Conditional release from imprisonment which entitles parolee to serve remainder of his term outside confines of an institution, if he satisfactorily complies
Sentence of a Court
Offenders Act, 1907; and see the Criminal Justice Administration Act, 1914, ss. 7-9. In sentencing any misdemeanant to imprisonment without hard labour, the court may order that he be treated as a misdemeanant of the first division
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Wilful disobedience
but an unintentional misrepresentation on a return is not a ground for committal. Civil contempt is punishable with imprisonment as well as fine, Sebastian M. Hongray v. Union of India, AIR 1984 SC 1026: (1984) 3 SCR
Westminster the First, Statute of
contains a declaration to enforce the enactment of Magna Charta against excessive fines, which might operate as perpetual imprisonment; enumerates and corrects the abuses of tenures, particularly as to marriage of wards; regulates the levying of tolls,
Weights and measures
are to apply to measures, that inspectors are disabled from receiving an informer's part of a fine, that imprisonment with hard labour may be awarded on conviction of any offence (instead of only on conviction of a
False pretence, obtaining property
Vict. c. 109), s. 47. Obtaining credit, in incurring debt, under false pretences is a misdemeanour punishable by imprisonment, with hard labour up to 12 months, by s. 13 of the (English) Debtors Act, 1869 (32 &
Trial
the Court otherwise orders; but where fraud is alleged, or in cases of libel, slander, malicious prosecution, false imprisonment, seduction, or breach of promise of marriage, an order is made for trial by a jury on the
Treasure-trove
Jervis on Coroners, p. 2. Bracton defines it, vetus depositio pecuni'. Concealing treasure-trove is punishable by fine or imprisonment. Coroners have jurisdiction to inquire of treasure-trove, under s. 36 of the Coroners Act, 1887, as theretofore, but
Three-strikes law
Three-strikes law, means a statute prescribing an enhanced sentence, especially life imprisonment for a repeat offender's third felony conviction, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1490.
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