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Oath
'declare'; see s. 15, and PERJURY. The administering of unlawful oaths is an offence against the government, and punishable by penal servitude. The following statutes relate to this offence: 37 Geo. 3, c. 123; 39 Geo. 3,
Nonmerchandizanda victualia
retail during the time of their being in office, which was contrary to an obsolete statute; and to punish them if they did, Reg. Brev. 184. Obsolete.
Mutiny Act
Mutiny Act, a statute (English) annually passed from 1689 to 1879, 'to punish mutiny and desertion, and for the better payment of the army and their quarters.' See ARMY
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Market, Court of the Clerk of the
court of the clerk of the market was incident to every fair and market in the kingdom, to punish misdemeanours therein; as a Court of piepoudre was to determine all disputes relating to private or civil property.
Lex Julia majestatis
promulgated by Augustus C'sar among the Romans, comprehending all the ancient laws that had before been enacted to punish transgressors against the State, 4 Steph. Com.
Justices
Act' (No. 1), 11 & 12 Vict. c. 42: see, especially, ss. 9, 25. (2) To convict and punish summarily the procedure in these matters is chiefly regulated by (English) 'Jervis's Act' (No. 2) (11 & 12
Judiciary
service; (iv) oath of Office, (v) the judicial decision binding on the executive, and (vi) the power to punish for its own contempt, Commentary on the Constitution of India, Durga Das Basu, 6th Edn., Vol. G, p.
Jeopardy
Jeopardy, means the risk of conviction and punish-ment that a criminal defendant faces at trial. Jeopardy attaches in a jury trial when the jury is empaneled,
Judge
maxims relating to judges:- Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur. (The judge is condemned when a guilty person escapes punish-ment.) This is taken from Publish Syrus, a Roman poet of the first century, and is the motto of
Judex non potest injuriam sibi datam punire
Judex non potest injuriam sibi datam punire [Lat.], a judge cannot punish an injury done to himself.
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