Indict - Law Dictionary Search Results
Not guilty
proceedings, is the proper form wherever a prisoner means either to deny or justify the charge in the indictment; the effect of which plea is, that on the one hand, it puts the prosecutor to the proof
Crime
specified offences or misdemeanours, while 'offence' means any act which is not a 'crime' and is punishable on indictment or summary conviction. In our law misdemeanour is generally used in cotradistinction to felony, and comprehends all indictable
Peer
160. Under the rule, established by Magna Charta, which applies to every subject of the realm, a peer, indicted for treason or felony, must be tried by his peers, but when an indictment for a felony is
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Prefer
Prefer, means to bring before; to prosecute; to try; to proceed with. Thus, preferring an indictment signifies prosecuting or trying an indictment, Black's Law Dictionary. Prefer, to apply, to move for; as 'to prefer
Preferred
gives the following meaning: PREFER: To bring before; to prosecute; to try to proceed with. Thus, preferring an indictment signifies prosecuting or trying an indictment. To give advantage, priority, or privilege; to select for first payment, as
Previous conviction
larceny after having been previously convicted of felony and up to seven years if previously convicted of an indictable misdemeanour punishable under the Act or twice summarily convicted of certain other offences; males under sixteen are liable
Drunkenness
cases, authorizing the Court to order the detention in an inebriate reformatory of an habitual drunkard convicted on indictment of an offence committed under the influence of drink, and punishable with imprisonment or penal servitude; and the
Central Criminal Court
c. 16) [see (English) Palmer's Act], authorizes the King's Bench Division of the High Court to order any indictment for any felony or misdemeanour supposed to have been committed out of the jurisdiction of the Central Criminal
Conspiracy
be called civil con-spiracies, i.e., conspiracies which may be the foundation of an action, though not of an indictment; and there are undoubtedly cases in which two or more persons can render themselves liable to civil proceedings
Amendment
(English) County Court Rules, 1936, Ord. XV, under (English) County Courts Act, 1934. 3. Criminal Proceedings. Under the Indictments Act, 1915, the Court may amend a defective indictment unless such amendment cannot be made without injustice. Quarter
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