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Home Dictionary Name: penal actionpenal action
penal action an action by the state or a private party … penal action an action by the state or a private party that
Penal action
penal action see penal statutes … penal action see penal statutes
Penal statute
statutes tit penal actions this remedy is generally designated a penal action or where one part of the forfeiture is given … tit penal actions this remedy is generally designated a penal action or where one part of the forfeiture is given to
Collusion
of 4 hen 7 c 20 chitty s statute tit penal action and see girdlestone v brighton aquarium co 1978 3 … c 85 ss 30 and 31 and a collusive penal action is no bar to a bona fide penal action by
Common informer
common informer a person who prosecutes others for breaches of penal laws or furnishes evidence on criminal trials for no other … 1870 the informers have lost the benefit of their penal action by a retrospective enactment that proceedings therein be stayed in
Action
criminal actions are more properly called prosecutions and perhaps actions penal to recover some penalty under statute are properly criminal actions … est quam jus prosequendi in judicio quod alicui debetur an action is nothing else than the right of suing in a
Qui tam
i e one which any one may bring on a penal statute q v which is partly at the suit of … of penalties act 1875 see chitty s statutes tit penal actions and as to compounding by leave of the court see
Compounding
see jones v merionethshire building society 1892 1 ch 173 penal actions by common informers may be compounded by leave of … against the public for the party injured may maintain an action to recover compensation in damages see keir v leeman 1844
New trial
judge if a judge misdirect a jury even in a penal action it is generally a good ground for a new … if a judge misdirect a jury even in a penal action it is generally a good ground for a new trial
Informer
means 1 informant 2 a private citizen who brings a penal action to recover a penalty under some statutes a private … 1 informant 2 a private citizen who brings a penal action to recover a penalty under some statutes a private citizen
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