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Infamy

(1) Disgraceful repute (2) The loss of reputation or position resulting from a person's being convicted of an infamous crime, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 781. Infamy, public disgrace; total loss of character. This does not

General Council

General Council (of the Bar), the full title of the Bar Council. See BAR COUNCIL. General Council (of the Catholic Church), a council consisting of members of the Church from most parts of the world, but...

Barnard's Act (English)

repealed by 23 & 24 Vict. c. 38. The Act introduced by Sir John Barnard 'to abolish the infamous practice of stock-jobbing.'

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Deprivation

either, first, by sentence declaratory in the proper Court for fit and sufficient causes; such as conviction of infamous crime; for heresy, gross immorality, and the like, or for farming or trading contrary to law, after two

Buggery

of two years' imprisonment may in the discretion of the Court be imposed. And see BLACK MAIL, and INFAMOUS CRIME.

Black mail

Black mail [fr. maille, Fr., a small piece of money], a certain rent of money, coin, or other thing, anciently paid to persons upon or near the borders, who were men of influence and allied with...

Amotion

old law it has been said that offences justifying amotion must either be committed in the official character, infamous, or indictable (Kyd on Corporations); but habitual drunkenness was held a sufficient cause in Reg. v. Taylor, (1694)

Infamousness

The state or quality of being infamous infamy

Infame

To defame to make infamous

high crime

high crime : a crime of infamous nature contrary to public morality but not technically constituting a felony ;specif : an offense that the U.S.

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