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in little more than name and form; and the same rules were substantially applicable to each, Story's Eq. Plead. The procedure is now by ordinary action in the High Court; see (English) R.S.C. 1883, Ord. I., r.
judgment of conviction
judgment of conviction, means the written record of a criminal judgment, consisting of the plea, the verdict or findings, the adjudication, and the sentence. Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 847
Jury of matrons
a writ de ventre inspiciendo, which see; (2) where a female prisoner is condemned to be executed, and pleads pregnancy as a ground to postpone the completion of the sentence until after her confinement. Upon this a
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Justicies
Justicies, a writ directed to the sheriff in some special cases, by virtue of which he might hold plea of debt in his county Court for a large sum; whereas by his ordinary power he was limited
Justified by law
one had sufficient reason for doing that which he is called to answer; the ground for such a plea. Lexically, the sense is clear. An act is justified by law if it is warranted, validated and made
Libellus conventionis
Libellus conventionis, the statement of a plaintiff's claim in a petition presented to the magistrate, who directed an officer to deliver it to the defendant, Civ. Law.
Letter-missive
Lord Chancellor sent a letter-missive to him, to request his appearance, together with a copy of the bill, petition, and order; if he neglected to appear to this, he was then served with a copy of the
Libel
damages, see Martin v. Benson, (1927) 1 KB 771. But to be a defence to an indictment, a plea justifying on the ground of the truth of the libel must further allege that its publication was for
Fiat in bankruptcy
It was abolished by the (English) Bankruptcy Act of 1849 (12 & 13 Vict. c. 106), and a petition for adjudication substituted.
Liberty
privilege or a branch there of, subsisting in the hands of a subject, as a liberty to hold pleas in a Court of one's own. The privileged districts, called liberties from being exempt from the sheriff jurisdiction,
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