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Parole
(1182): (2002) 3 SCC 514. (Criminal PC, 1973, ss. 432, 433A, 389, 482) The promise made by a prisoner of war, when he has leave to go anywhere, to return at a time appointed, or not to
Previous conviction
on the trial of a subsequent offence until after conviction of it, unless (see CRIMINAL EVIDENCE ACT) the prisoner gives evidence of good character, in which case, or after conviction of the subsequent offence, it may be
Ransom
Ransom [fr. rancon, Fr.], the price of redemption of a captive or prisoner of war, or for the pardon of some great offence. It differs from amerciament, because it excuses from
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Jail liberties
Jail liberties, means bounds within which a jail or prison lies and throughout which certain prisoners are allowed to move freely, usu. after giving bond for the liberties. The bounds are considered an extension
Gaoler
Gaoler, the master or keeper of a prison; one who has the custody of a place where prisoners are confined. See Prison Rules, 1899, Chit. Stat., tit. 'Prisons.'
habeas corpus
-Ä d-prō-sā-kwen-dm] [New Latin, literally, you should have the body for prosecuting] : a writ for removing a prisoner for trial in the jurisdiction of the issuing court where the prisoner committed a crime habeas corpus ad
Solitary confinement
of a year 'but the Prison Act, 1865, has since, by s. 17, enjoined the prevention of criminal prisoners from holding any communication with each other, and these provisions of the Criminal Law Consolidation Acts have been
Abatement
a married woman. In criminal proceedings, a plea in abatement might have been given in writing by a prisoner or defendant on account of misnomer, wrongful or no addition, annexing thereto an affidavit of its truth. But
Accomplice
Accomplice [fr. complice, Fr., complex, Lat., bound up with one in a project, but always in a bad sense], one concerned with another or others in the commission of a crime, Hawk. P.C. 87. An accomplice...
Challenge
criminal cases, challenges may be made, either on the part of the Crown, or on that of the prisoner, and either to the whole array, or to the separate polls for the very same reasons that they
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