Prisonment - Law Dictionary Search Results
Habeas corpus testificandum
issue a warrant or order to bring up as a witness in any civil or criminal proceeding any prisoner in custody on a criminal charge; see (English) Criminal Procedure Act, 1853 (16 & 17 Vict. C. 30),
Deposition
31 Vict. c. 35), ss. 6, 7. Under the first of these Acts, the evidence upon which a prisoner is committed for trial by justices of the peace is taken down, and may be read at the
Garnish
Garnish, to warn; see 27 Eliz. c. 3. Also money paid (illegally) by a prisoner on his going to prison. Also to attach a debt. See next title. To serve an heir with
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Gaol
Gaol [fr. gaola, Lat.; geole, Fr., a cage for birds], a prison; a strong place for the confinement of offen-ders against the law. See PRISONS.
False pretence, obtaining property
Larceny Act, 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 96), Reg. v. Jones, (1898) 1 QB 119. Although a prisoner charged with obtaining by false pretences may now be convicted though larceny is proved, and a prisoner charged
Dungeon
Dungeon, such an underground prison as was formerly placed in the strongest part of a fortress; a close prison dark or subterraneous.
Legally unfree
Legally unfree, denoted prisoners or undertrials languishing in jails. '...a prison context affects the colour, content and contour of the freedoms of
Justifiable homicide
both at Common Law and by the (English) Riot Act (1 Geo. 1, c. 5). (g) Where the prisoners in a gaol assault the galore or officer, and he in his defence kills any of them; it
Treadmill
Treadmill, an instrument of prison discipline. It was composed of a large revolving cylinder, having ledges or steps fixed round its circumference; the
Marshal of the Queen's bench
Marshal of the Queen's bench, an officer who had the custody of the Queen's Bench Prison. The 5 & 6 Vict. c. 22 abolished this office, and substituted an officer called Keeper of the
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