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Civilization

justice, or judgment, which renders a criminal process civil; which is performed by turning an information into an inquest, or the contrary. Also the assimilation of Common Law to the Civil Law (Oxf. Dict.).

Civil death

1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 23), provides that after the passing of that Act no confession, verdict, inquest, conviction, or judgment of or for any treason or felony, or felo de se, shall cause any attainder

trial

fact or law disputed by parties for the purpose of determining the rights of the parties compare hearing, inquest at trial : in or during the course of a trial

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jury

decide whether the inference shall be drawn "Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr."] see also advisory jury, array, grand jury, inquest, jury nullification, petit jury, special jury, trial jury, venire Amendment VI to the Constitution in the back matter

coroner

of crown pleas, from corone crown] : a public officer whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of death when there is reason to think the death may not be due to

Beadle, or Bedel

is to attend the vestry, to give notice of its meetings, to execute its orders, to attend upon inquests, and to assist the constables. A crier or messenger of a Court, who cites men to appear and

Counter-rolls

rolls which sheriffs have with the coroners, containing particulars of their proceedings, as well as appeals as of inquests, etc., Edw. 1, c. 10.

Question

Question, interrogatory; anything inquired. Putting to the question, i.e., torture. The word 'question' meant 'called inquestion as regards its reasonableness or practicability' and could not mean 'challenging its legality', Smt. Abida Begam v. Rent

Solicitor

sessions and quarter sessions where there is no bar, in County Courts, at Arbitrations, at Judges' Chambers, Coroners' Inquests, Under Sheriffs' and Secondaries' Courts, and in the Court of Bankruptcy. the Law Society is Registrar of Solicitors,

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