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Drunkenness
of an habitual drunkard, together with a statement of his name, address, and occupation, and description of his personal appearance, in order to refrain from supplying him with intoxicating liquor in pursuance of s. 9 of the … convicted on indictment of an offence committed under the influence of drink, and punishable with imprisonment or penal servitude; and the Act also enacts that: Any person who commits any of the offences mentioned in the First
Threats
bodily hurt, through fear of which a man's business is interrupted, are civil injuries affecting the right of personal security. The remedy for this species of injury is in pecuniary damages. By the Larceny Act, 1916, s. … accuse of certain serious crimes, and BLACKMAIL. The sending of letters threatening to murder is punishable by penal servitude not exceeding ten years (Offences against the Person Act, 1861, s. 16). The sending of letters threatening to
Sessions of the peace
for any felony which, when committed by a person not previously convicted of felony, is punishable by penal servitude for life, or for: (1) Misprision of treason. (2) Offences against the king's title, or government, etc. (3) … or other division of the county, city, etc., for which it is convened, and holden, has been served personally or by post. As to regulation of sessional divisions, see the (English) Division of Counties Act, 1828, and
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Bigamy
of the former husband or wife . . . shall be guilty of a felony punishable by penal servitude for not more than seven years, or less than three, or by imprisonment for not more than two … Bigamy. By the Offences against the Person Act, 1861, s. 57, whomsoever, being married, shall marry any other person during the life of the former
Bestiality
Marriage Act, s. 27(1A)] Bestiality, the crime of men with beasts, punishable under the (English) Offences against the Person Act, 1861, s. 61, by penal servitude for life, or for not less than ten years, but this
Buggery
Buggery, sodomy, punishable by the (English) Offences against the Person Act, 1861, s. 61, by penal servitude for life or any term not less than ten years, but
Sodomy
by a minimum term of ten years' penal servitude; prescribed by s. 61 of the Offences against the Person Act, 1861, but the effect of the Penal Servitude Act, 1891, s. 1, sub-s. 2, appears to be
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 life or any term not less than ten years, but this minimum
Rape
any person convicted of rape shall be guilty of felony, and be liable to be kept in penal servitude for life, or for not less than three years, or to be imprisoned for not exceeding two years, … capital crime in the country; but it is now provided (see s. 48 of the Offences against the Person Act, 1861) that any person convicted of rape shall be guilty of felony, and be liable to be
usufruct
its profits [a in the crops of the estate] ;esp in the civil law of Louisiana : a personal servitude of limited duration that confers the right of use and full enjoyment of another's property and its fruits
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