Prisonment - Law Dictionary Search Results
Exculpation, letters of
Exculpation, letters of, a warrant granted at the suit of a prisoner for citing witnesses in his own defence, Scots Law.
Execution
the land, or is paid the debt or damages, or hath the body of the defendant awarded to prison, then he hath execution (Rastill Terms de la ley). Means as the process for enforcing or giving effect
Exoneretur
Exoneretur (that he be discharged), an entry made upon the bail-piece upon render of a defendant to prison in discharge of his bail.
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Felony
(7 & 8 Geo. 4, c. 28), s. 3), and the jurors are accordingly sworn singly; that the prisoner on conviction for felony has a right to be heard before judgment; and that peers accused of felony
Fleet
a creek, or inlet of water, hence Northfleet, Purfleet; also a company of ships or navy; also a prison in London (so called from a river or ditch formerly in its vicinity), now abolished by 5 &
Fleet-books
Fleet-books. These books contain the original entries of marriages solemnized in the Old Fleet Prison from 1686 to 1754, but are not, it is said, admissible in evidence to prove a marriage, for
Detainer
4, c. 39, s. 1, for the commencement of a personal action against a person already in the prison of one of the courts. Superseded by 1 & 2 Vict. c. 110, ss. 1, 2. A process
Fleta
it is given by the author himself, who says it was written during his confinement in the Fleet prison. From that circumstance it has been conjectured that he might be one of those lawyers who, for malpractice
Discharge of a jury
a Saturday midnight that they were unable to agree, and on a second trial another jury found the prisoner guilty and she was sentenced to death and afterwards hanged.
Concurrent
VI. Concurrent sentences, if newly passed, can always be given, but a sentence cannot be given to a prisoner convicted whilst out on ticket of leave to run concurrently with his unexpired sentence; per Hawkins, J., in
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