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Wreck
life from a wreck, see Offences against the (English) Person Act, 1861, s. 17. As to assaulting a magistrate, officer, etc., engaged in preserving a wreck or goods cast on shore, see s. 37 of that Act.
Court of summary jurisdiction
Court of summary jurisdiction, means the court of a Chief Presidency Magistrate or of a District Magistrate [Maintenance Orders Enforcement Act, (18 of 1921), s. 2]
Arrest
Court of Law on business. Power of Arrest under Criminal Process--apart from arrest under a warrant from a magistrate-are as follows:- 1. At Common Law.--A peace officer, i.e., a sheriff, coroner, constable, or any justice of the
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Magistratic
Of pertaining to or proceeding from a magistrate having the authority of a magistrate
warrant
public funds to a designated person b : a writ issued esp. by a judicial official (as a magistrate) authorizing an officer (as a sheriff) to perform a specified act required for the administration of justice [a
recognizance
to recognize, from Latin recognoscere] 1 : an obligation entered into on the record before a court or magistrate requiring the performance of an act (as the paying of a debt) usually under penalty of a money
McNabb-Mallory rule
cases that established the rule] : a doctrine in criminal procedure: an arrestee must be brought before a magistrate without unnecessary delay in order for a confession made during detention to be admissible NOTE: In practice, the
Preamble
forth the ground and intention of it'. The preamble thus betokens that which follows, Dhananjoy Das v. District Magistrate, AIR 1982 SC 1315 (1319): (1982) 2 SCC 521: (1983) 1 SCR 122. Preamble, is a clause introductory
Jury
deaf persons, are disqualified. Exemption from service may be claimed by peers, M.P.'s, clergy-men, ministers and priests, judges, magistrates, barristers and solicitors in actual practice, notaries public, officers of both Houses of Parliament, of the Supreme Court,
Criminal Charge
for the purpose of Article 6 of the convention the court had to consider, Regina (Mudie) v. Dover Magistrates' Ct (CA), (2003) 2 WLR 1344. The court concludes as did the chamber that the nature of the
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