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guilty plea
guilty plea a criminal defendant's admission to the court that he or she committed the offense he or she is
Common Pleas
Common Pleas : court of common pleas
plea in bar
plea in bar see plea
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Court appealed from
Court appealed from, includes a Tribunal or any other judicial body from which an appeal is preferred to this Court. [Supreme Court Rules, 1966, s. 2 (1) (h)]
requests for admission
requests for admission a form of discovery in which one party asks another to admit or deny the truth of facts or the genuineness of documents. Source: Federal Judicial Center
Requester
One who requests a petitioner
Request-notes
Request-notes, applications to obtain permit for removing excisable articles.
Requests, Courts of
Requests, Courts of, tribunals of a special jurisdic-tion for the recovery of small demands, which were abolished by the County Courts Act, 1846 (9 & 10 Vict. c. 95), and Order in Council, 9th May, 1847,...
Pregnancy, Plea of
Pregnancy, Plea of. When a woman is capitally con-victed, and pleads her pregnancy, execution will be respited until she be
Wood-plea Court
Wood-plea Court, a Court held twice in the year in the forest of Clun, in Shropshire, for determining all matters of wood and agistments.
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