Prisonment - Law Dictionary Search Results
Bilboes
sea answering to the stocks on land. An iron bar with sliding shackles for confining the ankles of prisoners, esp. on shipboard; Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.
Abracadabra
but at once pragmatic and astute and does not surrender its power before scary exaggeration of security by prison bosses' [Sunil Batra v. Delhi Administration, AIR 1978 SC 1675 (1720), para 192]. (Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer)
Accused
information has been returned, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 22. Person charged with crime, commonly called 'the prisoner' if the crime be felony, and 'the defendant' if it be a misdemeanour.
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Age
12), which provides that a 'child,' i.e., a person under 14, shall not be imprisoned or sent to prison or penal servitude; and a 'young person,' i.e., a person of 14 or upwards and under 17, shall
Aids
lords claimed them as of right. They were principally three: (1) To ransom the lord's person, if taken prisoner; (2) To make the lord's eldest son and heir apparent a knight; (3) To give a suitable portion
Amnesty
amnesty originate with the Crown. As understood in common parlance, the word 'amnesty' is appropriate only where political prisoners are released and not in cases where those who have committed felonies and murders are pardoned, State (Govt
Assizes Relief Act, 1890
to bind over prosecutors to appear at the next practicable Court of Quarter Sessions, in case of the prisoner being committed on a charge there triable, unless such justices think fit for special reasons otherwise to direct,
Attachment
be strictly followed; 'every subject has a right to say that he ought not to be put in prison unless every iota of the rules has been satisfied'; per Bowen, LJ, Re Evans, (1892) 9 TLR 109.
Bail, Furlough, Parole
and 'Parole' are two distinct terms used in the jail manual or laws relating to temporary release of prisoners, State of Haryana v. Mohinder Singh, (2000) 3 SCC 394: AIR 2000 SC 890. (Criminal Procedure Code 1973,
Bailiff
officer of some courts in United States whose duty usually include keeping order in the court-room and guarding prisoners or jurers in deliberation, Webster's Dictionary of Law, Indian Edn. (2005), p. 41.
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