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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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