Not Guilty - Law Dictionary Search Results
Defence
the Court, and asked by the Clerk, after stating the charge, 'How say you, are you guilty or not guilty ?' he either confesses the charge by saying 'Guilty,' or words equivalent thereto, stands mute, does not answer … directly, or pleads to the jurisdiction, or demurs, or pleads specially in bar, or generally, that he is not guilty. The defence of one's self, and of such as stand in the relations of husband and wife, parent
Arraign
calling upon him by name, reading to him the indictment, demanding of him whether he be guilty or not guilty, and entering his plea. The pleas upon arraignment are either the general issue, i.e., not guilty, or a … guilty or not guilty, and entering his plea. The pleas upon arraignment are either the general issue, i.e., not guilty, or a plea in abatement or in bar, or the prisoner may demur to the indictment, or he
Public meeting
the purpose of preventing the transaction of the business for which the meeting was called together shall be guilty of an offence, and, if the offence is committed at a political meeting held in any parliamentary constituency
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Embezzlement
offender is a clerk or servant whose business it is to receive money for his master, he is not guilty of embezzlement. But if he have been employed to receive it in a single instance, he need not
Murder
manslaughter of any child or for infanticide, the jury may, if of opinion that the person charged is not guilty of murder, manslaughter or infanticide, return a verdict of child destruction if satisfied that such offence has been
General issue
General issue, a plea simply traversing modo et forma the allegations in the declaration, as the plea of 'not guilty' in torts; 'never indebted' to money counts, or 'nunquam assumpsit' to actions on simple contract (English) C.L.P. Act, … facts on which the party pleading relies; and the particular form of pleading the general issue by pleading ''not guilty by statute' (see that title) is abolished by the (English) Public Authorities Protection Act, 1893, as regards any
nolo contendere
(as a civil action based on the same acts) called also no contest non vult contendere compare guilty, not guilty
Restitution of stolen goods
for stolen property, or to order the restitution thereof in a summary manner, upon a conviction of the guilty party. This restitution reaches the stolen goods (unless they be negotiable instruments) notwithstanding that the guilty party may
Penalty
as a penalty even though it is not being recovered pursuant to an order finding the person concerned guilty of a crime. In Article 20(1) the expression 'penalty' is used in the narrow sense as meaning a
Assault
blow; because, in trespass for assault and battery, a person may be found guilty of the assault, but not guilty of the battery. But battery always includes an assault, 1 Hawk. P. C. c. lxii., s. 1. The
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