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Culprit

Culprit. The prisoner at the Bar awaiting his trial after a plea of not guilty. 'Its first recorded use is in the trial of the Earl of Pembroke for murder

to whom, by special authority from the sovereign, the custody of idiots and lunatics is entrusted may, upon petition or information, grant a commission in the nature of a writ de lunatico inquirendo (which is analogous to

Divorce

6, c. 51), amending the (English) Judicature Act, 1925, for (a) adultery, (b) desertion for three years preceding petition, (c) cruelty, (d) incurable unsoundness of mind, and, on the wife's petition, for unnatural offences, subject to the

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Exceptio

Exceptio, the designation for the defendant's plea, civil Law. An exception, plea, or objection, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.

Fresh application

if it asked for a relief parties or properties different from those proceeded against in the previous execution petition or asked for a relief substantially different from that asked for in the earlier petition, Pentapati China Venkanna

General issue

General issue, a plea simply traversing modo et forma the allegations in the declaration, as the plea of 'not guilty' in torts;

Justification

an action of assault showing the violence to have been necessary. If in a libel action a defendant pleads justification he must give particulars of the matters upon which he intends to rely in support of his

Autrefois acquit

Autrefois acquit (formerly acquitted), a plea in criminal cases; when a person is indicted for an offence and acquitted, he cannot be afterwards indicted

Hale, Sir M

Hale, Sir M., author of a work on the Pleas of the Crown. See PLEAS OF THE CROWN

Action

which would have been commenced by writ in the Superior Courts of Common Law, the Court of Common Pleas at Lancaster, and the Court of Pleas at Durham; and all suits formerly commenced by bill or informa-tion

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