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Treasury solicitor
Solicitor Act, 1876 (39 & 40 Vict. c. 18). The Treasury Solicitor is no longer Director of Public Prosecutions: see (English) Prosecution of Offences Act, 1908 (8 Edw. 7, c. 3).
Treason
king, and expressing the same in writing or by any overt act, is made treason. Treason must be prosecuted within three years from its commission, if committed within the realm, except in the case of a designed
Traverse
the denial of some matter of fact alleged in a pleading, whether in an action or in criminal prosecutions. See PLEADING; STATEMENT OF DEFENCE. Means one who traverses or denies a pleading, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.,
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Sunday
may be dated on Sunday; but Sunday is a 'non-business' day [s. 92 (a)]. By the Sunday Observation Prosecution Act, 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 87)--a temporary Act, continued from time to time by successive 'Expiring
Stolen goods
and Arch Cr. Pr., 1934, pp. 293 et seq. Where goods have been stolen and the offender is prosecuted to conviction, the property in the goods so stolen revests in the person who was the owner of
Dominus litis
1961)] The controller of a suit or litigation; also an advocate who, after the death of his client, prosecuted a suit to sentence for the executor's use, Civil Law Dominus litis, the plaintiff is dominus litis, that
Solicitor
for misconduct. S. 45 makes provision for penalties for wrongfully acting as a solicitor and s. 46 for prosecuting in a summary way any person not having in force a practising certificate who wilfully pretends to be
Si fecerit the securum
to appear in court, without any option given him, provided the plaintiff 'gave the sheriff security' effectually to prosecute his claim.
Sequendum et prosequendum
Sequendum et prosequendum, to follow and prosecute a cause.
Sacaburth, Sacabere, Sakabere
he that is robbed, or by theft deprived of his money or goods, and puts in surety to prosecute the felon with fresh suits, Bract., 1.3, c. 32. The Scots term it sikerborgh (that is, securum plegium),
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