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Petit cape

Petit cape. See CAPE.

Appeal to Rome

Appeal to Rome, abolished by 24 Hen. 8, c. 12, commonly called the Act of Appeals, and 25 Hen. 8, cc. 19, 21.

petit theft

petit theft : petty theft at theft

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appeal bond

appeal bond see bond

petit jury

petit jury : a jury of twelve persons that is impaneled to try and to decide the facts at

Criminal Appeal Act, 1907 (English)

Criminal Appeal Act, 1907 (English) (7 Edw. 7, c. 23), came into force on the 19th April, 1908. For a great number of years the merits and demerits of criminal appeal have been discussed in this...

Lords of Appeal in Ordinary

Lords of Appeal in Ordinary, originally two persons having held high judicial office, or practised at the bar for not less than fifteen years, appointed, with a salary of 6,000l. a year, to aid the House...

Suit and appeal

Suit and appeal, the only difference between a suit an appeal is this that an appeal 'only reviews and corrects the proceedings in a cause already constituted but does not create the cause'. As it is...

Lords Justices of Appeal

Lords Justices of Appeal, the title of the ordinary judges of the Court of Appeal, by the Jud. Act, 1877, s. 4 (see now Jud. Act, 1925, s. 6 (3)). As to the functions of the...

No appeal shall lie

No appeal shall lie, 'no appeal shall lie' in the proviso to s. 30(1) of The Income-tax Act, 1922 is not that no memorandum of appeal can be presented. All that it means is that the...

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