Imprisonment - Law Dictionary Search Results
Prisoner
Prisoner, 'prisoner' means a person undergoing a sentence of imprisonment under an order passed by a criminal court including the courts established under the law for the time
Person
aggregate can be presented persons for offence which are punishable with fine, for in the nature of things, imprisonment of a municipal corporation is out of question, Kalu Singh v. Transport Appellate Tribunal, AIR 1970 Raj 149:
Period of detention
Period of detention, undergone by the accused to be set off against the sentence of imprisonment. Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), s. 265-9. See also Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2005 (2
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Falsification
purchaser or mortgagee or his solicitor to accept the title offered, is a misdemeanour punishable by fine or imprisonment with or without hard labour, or both, for not more than two years, by the (English) Law of
Embracery
and also by the (English) County Juries Act, 1825 (6 Geo. 4, c. 50), s. 61, fine and imprisonment.
Exposing Person
is an offence under the (English) Vagrancy Act, 1824 (5 Geo. 4, c. 83), s. 4, punishable by imprisonment with hard labour up to three months. See also (English) Town Police Clauses Act, 1847, s. 28.
VerbarOubliette
only at the top found in some old castles and other strongholds into which persons condemned to perpetual imprisonment or to perish secretly were thrust or lured to fall
Gaol
A place of confinement especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment a jail
VerbarHabeas corpus
bring a party before a court or judge especially one to inquire into the cause of a persons imprisonment or detention by another with the view to protect the right to personal liberty also one to bring
Illegality
The quality or condition of being illegal unlawfulness as the illegality of trespass or of false imprisonment also an illegal act
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