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Justices

judgment. The judges of the Supreme Court are called justices, but the word is usually applied to petty magistrates who sit to administer summary justice in minor matters, and who are commonly called justices of the peace.

Juvenile Courts

Court District, and they are now held in buildings other than police courts, and consist of a police magistrate and two J.P.'s, one of whom must be a woman. See also Juvenile Courts (Constitution) Rules, 1933 (S.R.

Cessio in jure

(vindicabat) the thing, the person who was to transfer it acknowledged the justice of the claim, and the magistrate pronounced it to be property (addicebat) of the claimant, Sand Just.

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Hue and Cry

or peace officer concur in the pursuit, he has the same power, etc., as if acting under a magistrate's warrant. All who join in a hue and cry, whether a constable be present or not, are justified

Inquiry

Bank, (1998) 5 SCC 554. Means every inquiry other than a trial, conducted under this Code by a Magistrate or Court. [Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), s. 2 (g)] Means search for knowledge: investigation

Guardian, or Warden, of the Cinque Ports

Guardian, or Warden, of the Cinque Ports, a magistrate who has the jurisdiction of the ports or havens which are called the Cinque Ports. This office was

Deputy

s. 166, enables recorders to appoint deputies in similar cases. As to appointment of deputy to recorder, stipendiary magistrate, or clerk of the peace, in case of inability of recorder, etc., himself to appoint, see the Recorders,

Ground on which the order has been made

sense would include any information or material on which the order was based, Shamrao Vishnu Parulekar v. District Magistrate, AIR 1957 SC 23 (26): (1956) SCR 644. [Prevention Detention Act, (4 of 1950), s. 3(3)]

Clerk of Justices of the Peace, clerk of petty Sessions, Clerk of Special Sessions

standing, or a solicitor, or have served for not less than seven years as a clerk to a magistrate or to a metropolitan police Court.

Committal to prison

Committal to prison, if the Magistrate commits the fugitive criminal to prison he must commit him, subject to any appeal there to await the

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