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General custom of the Punjab

Punjab, in the same sense as there is a common law of England, - a general custom applicable to all persons … - 'the general custom of the Punjab' is inaccurate. Plowden J., in Ralla v. Budha, 50 Pun Re 1893 at p.

Hearing

held for purpose of deciding issues of fact or of law, sometimes with witnesses testifying, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. … Hearing, an investigation of a controversy. See TRIAL. A judicial session, usu. open to the public, held for purpose of

Mens rea

criminal, whether there has been any intention to break the law or otherwise to do wrong or not. There is a … fails to do so he does so at his peril--WILLS, J., R. v. Tolson, (1889) 23 QBD 173. See also BRETT,

criminology

criminology : the scientific study of crime as a social phenomenon, of criminals, and of penal treatment crim·i·no·log·i·cal [kri-mə-nə-lÄ -jə-kəl]...

legislator

legislator [Latin legis lator, literally, proposer of a law, from legis

penology

with prison management and the treatment of offenders pe·no·log·i·cal [pē-nə-lÄ j-ə-kəl] adj pe·nol·o·gist [pi-nÄ -lə-jist] n

Custom

Custom [fr. Costume, It.; coustume, coutume, Fr.; costumbre, Sp.; consuetudo, Lat.], 'Custom maybe defined to be a law or right not

Prerogative of mercy

it was not only extended to some persons who in later ages would not be considered to have incurred any criminal … ii., pp. 476 et seq.), but was even extended to jurors who had been attained for an oath that, though not

Provisional Order

been severely commented upon by the judiciary and publicists: see LORD HEWARI, L.C.J., and next title.

Same interest

away by the same act or transaction, AIR 1980 J&K 50 (52). (Civil PC, 1908, O. 1, R. 8)

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