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Immurement

The act of immuring or the state of being immured imprisonment

kidnapping

the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment

ment

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A fortiori

commission of a felony, is bound by the law to arrest the felon, on pain of fine and imprisonment.

Confinement

Restraint within limits imprisonment any restraint of liberty seclusion

Abduction

stealing or carrying away any person, sometimes known as kidnapping and more accurately described as assault and false imprisonment. Where the person carried away is taken abroad the offence falls within the (English) Habeas Corpus Act, 1679

Abortion

by any person to her, with intent to procure miscarriage, is made felony, punishable by penal servitude or imprisonment, in the discretion of the Court. A person charged under this s. may be convicted under the (English)

Accounts, falsification of

Accounts Act, 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. C. 24), punishable by penal servitude up to seven years or imprisonment, with or without hard labour, up to two years, see R. v. Oliphant, 1905 (2) KB 67. The

Acquittal

the High Court on appeal sets aside the acquittal under the major charge and sentences the person to imprisonment for life or to a sentence of not less than ten years, Kishore Singh v. State of Madhya

Admonition

as in the House of Commons, an offender whose offence is not so serious as to warrant his imprisonment, is summoned to the bar of the House and admonished by the Speaker by the order of the

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