Punish - Law Dictionary Search Results
corporal punishment
corporal punishment : punishment inflicted on a person's body see also cruel and unusual punishment NOTE: The prohibition on cruel
Sentence of a Court
Act, would have amounted to murder. There is an express power of refraining from sen-tencing at once to punishment, and of directing the conditional release of the offender given to the Court b the Probation of Offenders
Sentence of death, Recording of
Sentence of death, Recording of. See the disused but still unrepealed Judgment of Death Act, 1823 (4 Geo. 4, c. 48), 'to enable Courts to abstain from pronouncing sentence of death in certain capital felonies,' and...
Keep your definitions linked to case research
Offence not punishable with death or transporta-tion for life
Offence not punishable with death or transporta-tion for life, the plain meaning of the words 'an offence not punishable with death
The sentence imposed
The sentence imposed, is a sentence of imprison-ment or detention and therefore the requirement for a statement showing to what extent the sentence has not been carried out must also relate to a sentence of imprisonment...
Capital punishment
Capital punishment, inflicted in pursuance of the (English) Capital Punishment Amendment Act, 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c. 24) (before
Prisoner under sentence of death
Prisoner under sentence of death, the expression 'prisoner under sentence of death' can only mean the prisoner whose sentence of death has become final and conclusive and indefeasible which cannot be annulled or voided by any...
Being under sentence of life imprisonment
Being under sentence of life imprisonment, means it would be limited to a sentence which has become final, absolute and indivisible so far as judicial process is concerned. In a broad sense, it may also include...
Accumulative judgment, Sentence
Accumulative judgment, Sentence. If a person already under sentence for a crime be convicted of another offence, the court is empowered to pass a second sentence, to commence after the expiration of the first.
Trustees, Fraudulent, Punishment of
Trustees, Fraudulent, Punishment of. By the (English) Larceny Act, 1916, s. 21, the appropriation of the trust fund by the trustee
Try the research workspace - 7 days free