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Arraignment

Arraignment, means the initial step in a criminal prosecution whereby the defendant is brought before the court to hear the charges and to enter a plea, Black

Bill of appeal

Bill of appeal, an abolished criminal prosecution, 59 Geo. 3, c. 46. See BATTEL.

Lex hostilia de furtis

Lex hostilia de furtis, a Roman law which provided that a prosecution for theft might be carried on without the owner's intervention, 4 Steph. Com.

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Lease and lend

a war measure to facilitate the import of certain essential goods and to conserve them for the effective prosecution of the war. Oil and lubricants were among the goods which were controlled under this scheme. Under it,

Soup

Soup. The name applied to briefs for the prosecution handed to members of the barmess of certain courts where prisoners are to be tried on indictment in

Misprision

same principle, while the court of Star Chamber existed, it was held that the sovereign might remit a prosecution for treason, and cause the delinquent to be censured in that Court, merely for a high misdemeanour; as

Reasonableness of expectation

of the State into account. It is not the expectation of a landlord who takes the risk of prosecution and punishment which the violation of the law involves, but the expectation of the landlord who is prudent

Whoever

offence under s. 202 of the Penal Code do not appear to have been made out against the prosecution, Harish Chandra Sajjan Singh Rathod, AIR 1979 SC 1232 (1233): (1979) 4 SCC 502. [Indian Penal Code, s.

Victimized

a person is victimised, if he is made a victim or a scapegoat and is subjected to persecution, prosecution or punishment for no real fault or guilt of his own, in the manner, as it were, of

Unsound food

Malpas, (1906) 2 KB 32, and as to the power of a butcher to obtain compensation when a prosecution results in an acquittal, see Hobbs v. Winchester Corporation, (1910) 2 KB 471. Compare the title ADULTERATION.

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