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Manslaughter
be established--the breach of a statutory duty causing death is not necessarily manslaughter, Andrews v. Director of Public Prosecutions, 1937 AC 576. See CHANCE
Jeopardy
same alleged offence, Dictionary of Political Science, Joseph Dunner, 1965, p. 154. In India, no person can be prosecuted and punished for the same offence more than once, Commentary on the Constitution of India, Durga Das Basu,
Maintenance
in a suit which in no wise concerns one, by assisting either party with money or otherwise to prosecute or defend it; both actionable and indictable [see Bradlaugh v. Newdegate, (1883) 11 QBD 1], and invalidates contracts
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Mannire
the adverse party and that is by the judge. Mannire, to summon (an adverse party) to court; to prosecute (a case), Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 975
Nient culpable
Nient culpable (not guilty), a plea in criminal prosecutions; see 4 Bl. Com. 339.
Marriage
or wife is absent for seven years without being heard of, the other party marrying again cannot be prosecuted or convicted for bigamy. But proof that the absent husband or wife was alive at the time of
Master of the Crown Office
Crown Office, the Crown coroner and attorney in the criminal department of the court of King's Bench, who prosecuted at the relation of some private person or common in former, the Crown being the nominal prosecutor, 6
Mitigation
after verdict or plea of guilty, and which may be followed by a speech in aggravation from the prosecuting counsel. By 27 & 28 Vict.c.110, justices were prohibited from mitigating minimum penalties in pursuance of any power
Institutions
in the several suits brought before them. And Title XVIII., the last, shows what were the Roman public prosecutions, which every one had free liberty to institute, and of which the penalties were established by the laws
Nolle prosequi
Nolle prosequi (to be unwilling to prosecute) was a proceeding in the nature of an undertaking by the plaintiff when he had misconceived the nature
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