Imprisonment - Law Dictionary Search Results
Complaint
one that initiates a prosecution on the basis of which the accused if found guilty is punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years and also with a fine. That being so the
Criminal Justice Administration Act (English)
jurisdiction of Courts of Summary Jurisdiction; requires time to be allowed for payment of fines; substitutes 'detention' for imprisonment in certain cases; extends the powers of Courts as to commital to Borstal Institutions; and extends the right
Clandestine mortgages
incumbrance material to the title with intent to defraud, is made guilty of mis-demeanour punishable by fine and imprisonment and also to an action for damages if sustained. See DECEIT; FRAUD.
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Bribe
do any act in relation to his principal's affairs or business is a misdemeanour punishable by fine or imprisonment or both [the (English) Prevention of Corruption Acts, 1906 and 1916; and see the Prevention of Corruption Order,
Baiting animals
Animals Act, 1911, and the (English) Protection of Animals Act (1911) its Amendment Act, 1912, by fine, or imprisonment for not exceeding three months, or both.
Churchyard
(23 & 24 Vict. c. 32), punishes riotous, violent or indecent behaviour by fine up to 5l., or imprisonment up to two months without option of fine. See preceding title; BURIAL; and Whitehead's Church Law. As to
Barratry
suits and quarrels in disturbance of the peace, either in courts or elsewhere. The punishment is fine and imprisonment; 'and if the offender belonged to the profession of the law he was disabled from practising for the
Benefit of cession
Benefit of cession, means a debtor's immunity from imprisonment for debt. The immunity arises when the debtor's property is assigned to the debtor's creditors, Black Law Dictionary,
Bestiality
for not less than ten years, but this minimum term is abolished, and power is given to inflict imprisonment for two years or less, by the (English) Penal Servitude Act, 1891. Sexual activity between a human and
Bigamy
a felony punishable by penal servitude for not more than seven years, or less than three, or by imprisonment for not more than two years, with or without hard labour. That section, however, does not apply to
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