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Grievous hurt, Grievous hurt.-- The following kinds of hurt only are designated as 'grievous':First.--Emasculation.Secondly.--Permanent privation of the sight of either eye.Thirdly.--Permanent privation of the hearing of either ear.Fourthly.--Privation of any member or joint.Fifthly.--Destruction or permanent impairing of the powers of any member or joint.Sixthly.--Permanent disfiguration of the head or face.Seventhly.--Fracture or dislocation of a bone or tooth.Eigthly.--Any hurt which endangers life or which causes the sufferer to be during the space of twenty days in severe bodily pain, or unable to follow his ordinary pursuits. (Penal Code, 1860, s. 320)Means:(a) emasculation;(b) permanent privation of the sight of either eye;(c) permanent privation of the hearing of either ear;(d) privation of any member of joint;(e) destruction or permanent impairing of the powers of any member or joint;(f) permanent disfiguration of the head or face; or(g) any hurt which endangers life. [Parsi M...

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Civil Law

Civil Law, that rule of action which every particular nation, commonwealth, or city has established peculiarly for itself, more properly distinguished by the name of municipal law.The term 'civil law' is now chiefly applied to that which the Romans complied from the laws of nature and nations.The 'Roman Law'and the 'Civil Law' are convertible phrases, meaning the same system of jurisprudence; it is now frequently denominated 'the Roman Civil Law.'The collections of Roman Civil Law, before its reformation in the sixth century of the Christian era by the eastern Emperor Justinian, were the following:--(1) Leges Regi'. These laws were for the most part promulgated by Romulus, Numa Pompilius and Servius Tullius. To Romulus are ascribed the formation of a constitutional government, and the imposition of a fine, instead of death, for crimes; Numa Pompilius composed the laws relating to religion and divine worship, and abated the rigour of subsisting laws; and Servius Tullius, the sixth king,...

Domicile

Domicile, the place where a person has his home.By the term 'domicile,' in its ordinary acceptation, is meant the place where a person lives or has his home. In this sense the place where a person has his actual residence, inhabitancy, or commorancy, is sometimes called his domicile. In a strict and legal sense, that is properly the domicile of a person where he has his true fixed permanent home and principal establishment, and to which, whenever he is absent, he has the intention of returning (animus revertendi).Two things, then, must concur to constitute domicile: first, residence; and secondly, the intention of making it the home of the party. There must be the fact and intent; for, as Pothier has truly observed, a person cannot establish a domicile in a place except it be animo et facto.From these considerations and rules the general conclusion may be deduced, that domicile is of three sorts: domicile by birth, domicile by choice, and domicile by operation of law. The first is the ...

Offence

Offence, crime; act of wickedness. It is used as a genus, comprehending every crime and misde-meanour, or as a species, signifying a crime not indictable, but punishable summarily, or by the forfeiture of a penalty.There are certain acts which are heinous sins and odious in the public eye and are punishable in the Ecclesiastical Courts, but not being punishable at Common Law, and the proceedings in the Ecclesiastical Courts being held to be prosalute anim' and not to entail any temporal injury, they cannot be classed with ordinary Common Law and statutory offences; and it is no slander to impute them unless special damage follows.Other offences are divided into three classes, viz.:-(1) Treasons; (2) Felonies; and (3) Misdemeanours. See several titles.Consult Russell on Crimes; Archbolds' or Roscoe's Criminal Evidence.It means any act or omission made punishable by any law for the time being in force and includes any act in respect of which a complaint may be made under s. 20 of the Cat...

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