Natural Servitude - Law Dictionary Search Results
natural servitude
Matched in: Term natural servitude
Habitatio
Habitatio. The nature of this personal servitude is not obvious. Some jurists confound it with the right to use a house;
servitude
Matched in: Term servitude
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Unnatural offence
Unnatural offence, the infamous crime against nature, either with man or beast, punishable by the Offences against the Person Act, 1861, by penal servitude for
Sodomy
anal copulation between human and animal; bestiality, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1396. Sodomy, the crime against nature, punishable until 1891 by a minimum term of ten years' penal servitude; prescribed by s. 61 of the
Piracy
amounts to the crime of piracy, and is thereby made punishable with death, shall be liable to penal servitude for the term of the natural life of such offender. As to the punishment of principals in the … piracy, if committed by a subject, was held to be a species of treason, being contrary to his natural allegiance; if by an alien, to be felony only; but since the Statute of Treason (25 Edw. 3,
Children
person under eighteen and a young person under seventeen cannot (s. 52 (2) (3) be sent to penal servitude and can only be imprisoned if of an unruly or depraved character, and a child under fourteen can … 38 of the (English) Children and Young Persons Act, 1933, the evidence of a child not understanding the nature of an oath may be received if he has sufficient intelligence to justify the reception of the evidence
Wills
wills, see (English) Larceny Act, 1916, s. 6. Forgery of a will is a felony punishable with penal servitude for life. [see (English) Forgery Act, 1913, s. 2 (1)] And see Jarman, Hawkins, or Theobald on Wills; … to a testament, and to a codicil and to an appointment by will or by writing in the nature of a will in exercise of a power, and to a disposition by will and testament or devise
Abortion
or not) by any person to her, with intent to procure miscarriage, is made felony, punishable by penal servitude or imprisonment, in the discretion of the Court. A person charged under this s. may be convicted under … however it has long been used to refer to an internationally induced miscarriage as distingui-shed from one resulting naturally or by accident. There has been some tendency to use the word to mean a criminal miscarriage and
Imprisonment
the court. Imprisonment for not more than two years is very frequently authorised, as an alternative to penal servitude, by the (English) Offences against the Person Act, 1861, and other Acts set out in Chitty's Statutes, tit. … from the operation of the above enactment: (1) Default in payment of a penalty, or sum in the nature of a penalty, other than a penalty in respect of any contract: (2) Default in payment of any
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