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Bill of pains and penalties
Bill of pains and penalties, a special Act of the legislature which inflicts a punishment, less than death, upon persons supposed to be guilty of treason of felony, without any conviction in the
Black cap
Black cap. The head-dress worn by the judge in pronouncing sentence of death is not an emblem of the sentence. It is part of the judicial full dress, and is worn by the judges on occasions...
Blasphemy
but is cumulative upon the common law, R. v. Carlile, (1819) 3 B. & Ald. 167, very severely punishes any person 'who shall by writing printing teaching or advised speaking, deny the Christian religion to be true,
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Bull
the year of his pontificate. To procure, publish, or put in use any of these is made treason, punished by death, by 13 Eliz. c. 2. That Act, though long previously obsolete, was not expressly repealed until
Child
Child, means any person below the age of eighteen years and includes any adopted, step or foster child. [Protection of Woman from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (43 of 2005), s. 2(b)] Child includes a still-born child....
Collusion
Collusion [fr. collusio, Lat., fr. colludo, to unite in the same play or game, and thus to unite for the purposes of fraud or deception], an agreement or compact between two or more persons to do...
Concurrent
Concurrent, acting in conjunction; agreeing in the same act; contributing to the same event; contemporaneous. As to concurrent writs of summons, which are used for service abroad, etc., and of which a plaintiff can have on...
Aggravated assaults
the assault or battery is of such an aggravated nature that it cannot in their opinion be sufficiently punished under the provisions of s. 42 as to common assaults and batteries,' to give a convicted offender six
Criminal cause or matter
to its conclusion, might result in the conviction or the person charged and in a sentence of some punishment, such as imprison-ment or fine, it is a 'criminal cause or matter', A (Ara) v. Chief Constable of
Excommunication
Excommunication, an ecclesiastical interdict or censure, divided into the greater and the lesser; by the greater a person was excluded from the communion of the church and the company of the faithful, and was rendered incapable...
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