Malicious Prosecution - Law Dictionary Search Results
Mesne process
to quit England, and the absence of the defendant from England will materially prejudice the plaintiff in the prosecution of his action, a judge may order the defendant to be arrested unless or until security be found
stand
: to exercise the privilege against self-incrimination (as in a trial) b : to raise no objections [the prosecution agreed to stand mute at the sentencing] stand on : to depend on esp. as the basis of
Accused, statement of
16 Geo. 5, c. 86), s. 12, directs the justices, after the close of the evidence for the prosecution, to ask him whether he wishes to say anything in answer to the charge, telling him that he
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Non pros
proceed, the course is for the defendant to apply for a dismissal of the action for want of prosecution.
Process
Act, 1986 (63 of 1986), s. 2(o)] Is largely taken for all the proceedings in any action or prosecution, real or personal, civil or criminal, from the beginning to the end; strictly, the summons by which one
statute of limitations
commission 2 : a period of time established by a statute of limitations for commencing an action or prosecution 3 : an affirmative defense that the statute of limitations has expired
Justification
omissions (2) A showing, in court, of a sufficient reason why a defendant did what the plaintiff or prosecution charges the defendant to answer for. Also termed justification defense; necessity defense (3) A surety's proof of having
Abscond
be apprehended; and that the absence of the defendant from England will materially prejudice the plaintiff in the prosecution of his action. See R. S. C., Ord. LXIX.
Compounding
Act, 1861, s. 102) Where it is an implied term of an agreement that there shall be no prosecution of an offender, the agreement is void as being founded on an illegal consideration, see Jones v. Merionethshire
instance
instant- instans insistent, pressing, from present participle of instare to be pressing, stand upon] : the institution or prosecution of a lawsuit [a court of first ]
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