Sentence - Law Dictionary Search Results
Death penalty
The capital punishment for murder was abolished by the murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act, 1965 and a sentence of life imprisonment substituted, Dictionary of Law, L.B. Curzon, 4th Edn., 1993, p. 53 [Murder (Abolition of Death
Those convicted of offences under
Those convicted of offences under, mean those convicted and are undergoing sentence imposed consequent to such conviction, Bhagwat Sharma v. State of Madhya Pradesh, 1995 Jab LJ 335.
convict
offense [was ed of fraud] compare acquit [kÄ n-vikt] n : a person convicted of and serving a sentence for a crime
Keep your definitions linked to case research
Capital punishment
admit within the prison.'-Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Criminal Law,' where see the Rules of 1888 under the Act. See SENTENCE OF DEATH. The mode in the United Kingdom is hanging, but for high treason the Crown may alter
judgment of conviction
written record of a criminal judgment, consisting of the plea, the verdict or findings, the adjudication, and the sentence. Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 847
sentence
Matched in: Term sentence
Sentence
Matched in: Term Sentence
Sentence of a Court
Matched in: Term Sentence of a Court
The sentence imposed
Matched in: Term The sentence imposed
Sentence of death, Recording of
Matched in: Term Sentence of death, Recording of
Try the research workspace - 7 days free