Malicious Prosecution - Law Dictionary Search Results
Public prosecutor
1973 (2 of 1974), s. 2 (u)] The 'Public Prosecutor' is the counsel for the government for conducting prosecution on behalf of the State Government or the Central Govern-ment as the case may be. He is an
Brady material
[from Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963), in which the Supreme Court ruled that suppression by the prosecution of evidence favorable to a defendant who has requested it violates due process] : evidence known to the
Criminal Evidence Act
except on his own application; (b) Failure to give evidence is not to be commented on by the prosecution; (c) The wife or husband is not to be called except on the applicationof the person charged; (d)
Keep your definitions linked to case research
Character
his defence, and, if they speak to nothing else, it is the custom that the counsel for the prosecution should not reply. it is not allowable to state any particulars of the prisoner'' conduct, either in proof
Known sources of income
Known sources of income, the expression 'known sources of income' must have reference to sources known to the prosecution on a thorough investigation of the case. It was not, and it could not be, contended that 'known
estoppel
patent from later asserting that a claim deliberately more restricted is equivalent to the original claim called also prosecution history estoppel promissory estoppel : an estoppel that prevents a promisor from denying the existence of a promise
Receiver of stolen property
a felony or misdemeanour depends on which the original stealing, etc., was. Section 43 provides that, on a prosecution of a person for receiving stolen property knowing it to have been stolen or for being in possession
Jury
and receive indictments inquiring, upon their oaths, whether there be sufficient cause shown by the evidence of the prosecution to call upon the accused persons to answer before a petty jury. See GRAND JURY. A coroner's jury
Preventive detention
three previous convictions after attaining sixteen years of age, can with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions, R. v. Waller, (1910) 1 KB 364, in certain cases be charged, R. v. Smith, (1910) 1 KB
Carucate
Code,1898 but its meaning is well-understood in legal circles. In criminal jurisdiction means ordinarily a proceeding for the prosecution of a person alleged to have committed an offence. In other contexts the word may represent other kinds
- ‹ Prev
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- Next ›
- Last »
Try the research workspace - 7 days free