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Unus Nullus Rule, The
Unus Nullus Rule, The, the rule of evidence which obtains in the Civil Law, that the testimony of one witness is equivalent to the testimony of none. See Best on Evidence, bk. 3, pt. 2, c....
Misdemeanour
Misdemeanour, 1. A crime that is less serious than a felony and is usually punishable by fine, penalty. Forfeiture or confinement in a place other than prison, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1014. Misdemeanour, a...
Pillory
Pillory, a frame erected on a pillar, and made with holes and moveable boards, through which the heads and hands of criminals were put. The punishment of the pillory, abolished by 56 Geo. 3, c. 138,...
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Sacramentum si fatuum fuerit, licet falsum, tamen non committit perjurium
Sacramentum si fatuum fuerit, licet falsum, tamen non committit perjurium. 2 Inst. 167, (A foolish oath, though false, makes not perjury.)
Specific performance
Specific performance. Equity, in obedience to the cardinal rule of natural justice that a person should perform his agreement enforces, pursuant to a regulated and judicial discretion, the actual accomplishment of a thing stipulated for, on...
Statutory Declarations Act, 1835
Statutory Declarations Act, 1835 (English) (5 & 6 Wm. 4, c. 62), which substitutes declarations for oaths in a large number of cases. The expression 'statutory declaration' in a statute means declaration under the above Act,...
Subornation
Subornation, the crime of procuring another to do a bad action. See PERJURY
Crime
Crime, is a word, of which the interpretation has varied with the philosophic bias of the writer; it has been described as the violation of a right, when considered in reference to the evil tendency of...
Uses
Uses (History). A use is the intention or purpose, express or implied, upon which property is to be held. The Common Law treated the actual possessor for all purposes as the owner of the property. It...
Vexatious indictments
Vexatious indictments. In order to prevent these, it was provided, by the (English) Vexatious Indictments Act, 1859 (22 & 23 Vict. c. 17) (repealed), as amended by the (English) Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1867 (30 &...
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