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First offender
First offender, See PROBATION (3) and PREVIOUS CONVICTION.
criminal record
criminal record a record listing a defendant's previous arrests and convictions. A copy of the defendant's criminal record, if any, must be given to the defense … criminal record a record listing a defendant's previous arrests and convictions. A copy of the defendant's criminal record, if any, must be given to the defense upon request during
res judicata
in adjudication [the doctrine of res judicata precludes the presentation of issues in a post-conviction petition which have previously been decided upon direct appeal "Stowers v. State, 657 N.E.2d 194 (1995)"]: as a : a broad doctrine
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bar
conviction] b : the permanent preclusion of a claim or action esp. due to the loss of a previous suit based on the same cause of action and between the same parties [its earlier successful suit against
Vaccination
repeatedly until a child reached the age of 14, shall not be made on a person (s. 3) convicted of disobedience of a similar order as to the same child; and that no proceedings for disobedience to … of smallpox. First made compulsory in 1853 by 16 & 17 Vict. c. 100, gratuitous vaccination having been previously provided for in the various enactments, dating from 1840, on the subject prior to 1867, all of which
Piracy
and the law of nations gives to every one the right to pursue and exterminate them without any previous declaration of war (see Piracy Jure Gentium, 1934, AC 586, where a frustrated attempt was held to be … act by which the life of such person may be endangered, shall be guilty of felony, and being convicted thereof shall suffer death as a felon. If sentence is passed under this section a public execution will
Certiorari
c. 33, and 16 & 17 Vict. c. 30, s. 5, provide that a prosecutor must obtain the previous leave of the court to issue it, and enter into recognizances; and these and other statutory provisions are … superseding the King's bench, is the sovereign Court of justice in criminal causes, all indictments, coroners' inquisitions, summary convictions by magistrates, orders of removal of paupers, and of poor's rates, also orders made by commissioners of sewers
Drunkenness
in default of distress. Under the Licensing Act, 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 94), which repeals various previous enactments, drunkenness in a public place or licensed house is punishable by fine (s. 12). Disorderly drunkenness is … apprehended and dealt with according to law. The 3rd s. of the same Act empowers a Court on conviction of a drunkard to order him to enter into a recognizance, with or without sureties, to be of
Marriage
official registration, and it constitutes a valid marriage according to English law, Nachimson v. Nachimson, 1930, P. 217. Previous to 1753 the validity of marriage was regulated by ecclesiastical law, not touched by any statutory nullity but … is absent for seven years without being heard of, the other party marrying again cannot be prosecuted or convicted for bigamy. But proof that the absent husband or wife was alive at the time of the second
Gaming or gambling
6), and the Lotteries Act, 1698 (10 & 11 Wm. 3, c. 17); the system of incorporation of previous statutes by reference being carried very far in gaming legislation. Gaming in Public-houses, etc.--Sect. 79 of the (English) … every banker, croupier, and other person in any manner conducting the business of any common gaming-house, shall, on conviction, be liable, in addition to the penalties of the Act of Hen. 8, to pay such penalty (not
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