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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

bill

Representatives. bill of attainder 1 : a legislative act formerly permitted that attainted a person and imposed a sentence of death without benefit of a judicial trial see also attainder compare bill of pains and penalties in

Concurrent

which a plaintiff can have on payment as many as he pleases, see R.S.C., 1883, Ord. VI. Concurrent sentences, if newly passed, can always be given, but a sentence cannot be given to a prisoner convicted whilst

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Child

the date of occurrence, the appellant was child with in the meaning of s. 2(4). Therefore conviction and sentence of fine of appellant u/ss. 302, 302/34, 307 and 307/34, I.P.C. while to be maintained, the sentence of

disposition

"United States v. Smith, 354 A.2d 510 (1976)"] compare decision, holding, judgment, opinion, ruling, verdict b : the sentence given to a convicted criminal defendant [probation is often a desirable "W. R. LaFave and J. H. Israel"]

Piracy

be endangered, shall be guilty of felony, and being convicted thereof shall suffer death as a felon. If sentence is passed under this section a public execution will have to take place, as the section is not

Felony

23), which abolishes forfeiture for felony, and provides for the administration of the estates of felons while undergoing sentence; see Carr v. Anderson, (1903) 2 Ch 279. The only remaining distinctions between a felony and a misdemeanour

Remanet

Costs incurred for witnesses, etc., are allowed to the party ultimately prevailing. As the unexpired part of a sentence in Criminal Law. See SENTENCE. A case or proceeding whose hearing has been postponed, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th

Tautology

Tautology, describing the same thing twice in one sentence in equivalent terms; a fault in rhetoric. It differs from repetition or iteration, which is repeating the same

probation

of dismissal if standards are not met 2 a : the suspension of all or part of a sentence and its replacement by freedom subject to specific conditions and the supervision of a probation officer [it is

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