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Indicto

Indicto, means (1) An imperial proclamation establishing a 15-year period for the reassessment of property values for tax purposes.

Guilty

Guilty. Having committed a crime or tort; the word used by a prisoner in pleading to an indictment when he confesses the crime of which he is charged, and by the jury in convicting.

prison since 1868. See CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. On the principle that every greater felony includes a less, a person indicted for murder may be (and very frequently is) convicted of manslaughter. The Infanticide Act, 1922, provides that a

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Figures

origin. 6 Geo. 2, c. 14, allowed expressing numbers by figures in all writs, etc., pleadings, rules, orders, indictments, etc., in courts of justice, as had been commonly used, notwithstanding 4 Geo. 2, c. 26. Under the

Forcible entry

but only in a peaceable and easy manner.' A forcible entry by a person entitled to possession, though indictable, does not give rise to civil responsibility in damages. See Hemmings v. Stoke Poges Golf Club, (1920) 1

Forgery

to set forth a copy or a fac simile of the forged document, seal or die in the indictment a, description of it being sufficient; nor to allege or prove an intent to defraud a particular person

Gaming or gambling

hard labour for not more than six calendar months; but adds that nothing shall prevent any proceeding by indictment, see Daniels v. Pinks, (1931) 1 KB 374, following Jenks v. Turpin, (1884) 13 QBD 505. Justices of

Garrotting

penal servitude under s. 23 of the Larceny Act, 1916, and choking, etc., with intent to commit any indictable offence, which is similarly punishable under s. 21 of the offences against the Person Act, 1861, are each

Gordon Riots

the riots suppressed, but not until an immense amount of damage had been done. Lord George Gordon was indicted for high treason on the charge of levying war against the King. He was defended by Erskine and

Habeas corpus ad subjiciendum

2 KB 576. See the (English) Criminal Law Amend-ment Act, 1867, s. 10, as to bringing up persons indicted, and who are in gaol for some other offence. The (English) Habeas Corpus Act has been occasionally suspended

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