Punishable - Law Dictionary Search Results
To forfeit
to, by some error, fault, offence or crime', 'to incur a penalty'. 'Forfei-ture', as judicially annotated, is 'a punishment annexed by law to some illegal act or negligence', something imposed as a punishment for an offence or
Torture
by the (English) Statute Law Revision Act, 1863). The infliction of intense pain to body or mind to punish; to extract a confession or information, or to obtain sadistic pleasure, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1498.
Ut pana ad paucos, metus ad omnes perveniat
Ut pana ad paucos, metus ad omnes perveniat (4 Inst.6), though few are punished, the fear of punishment affects all.
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Vagrants
to hard labour for one year or less; and, further, that such offender (not being a female) be punished by whipping, at such time, and at such place within their jurisdiction, as they deem expedient. By the
Larceny
exceeded that amount; but this distinction was abolished by s. 2 of the (English) Larceny Act, 1861. The punishment for simple larceny is in ordinary cases penal servitude for the term of three years, or imprisonment for
Preventive detention and punitive detention
detention, there is a vital distinction between these two kinds of detention. 'Punitive detention' is intended to inflict punishment on a person, who is found by the judicial process to have committed an offence, while 'preventive detention'
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,
Conduct disgraceful in a professional respect
Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 2, para 571, p. 318. When misconduct is proved, the House can impose punishments such as admonition, reprimand, withdrawal from the House, suspension from the service of the House, imprisonment and expulsion
Adequate and special reasons
Adequate and special reasons, in order to exercise the discretion of reducing the sentence the statutory requirement is that the court has to record 'adequate and special reasons' in the judgment and not fanciful reasons which...
High Court
and it shall have all the powers of such a superior Court of record including the power to punish for contempt of itself. It has to be kept in view that as a superior Court of record
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