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Warrant

sub-s. (1) of s. 7 of sub-s. (2) of s. 12, as the case may be. [Repatriation of Prisoners Act, 2003 (49 of 2003), s. 2(d)] A writ directing or authorising some one to do an act,

Discharge

Discharge, to relieve of a duty. A sheriff is said to be discharged of his prisoner; a prisoner discharged from custody; a jury discharged from the cause. See next title. A rule nisi is

Jury of matrons

impaneled in two cases only: (1) upon 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

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Deathbed or Dying Declarations

which dispenses with the necessity of cross-examination. But before such declarations can be admitted in evidence against a prisoner, it must be satisfactorily proved that the deceased, at the time of making them, was conscious of his

Quod

A quadrangle or court as of a prison hence a prison

break

of another "W. R. LaFave and A. W. Scott, Jr."] b : to escape by force from [s prison or escapes or flees from justice "Colorado Revised Statutes"] 3 : to cause (a strike) to fail and

De bono et malo, writs

et malo, writs. It was anciently the course to issue special writs of gaol delivery for each particular prisoner which were called writs de bono et malo; but these being found inconvenient or oppressive, a general commission

commitment

commitment 1 : an act of committing: as a : placement in or assignment to a prison or mental hospital [petition for ] compare incompetent, interdiction NOTE: Commitment to a mental health facility is called

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

hard labor

hard labor : compulsory labor imposed upon prisoners as part of a sentence or as prison discipline

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