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corporal punishment
corporal punishment : punishment inflicted on a person's body see also cruel and unusual punishment NOTE: The prohibition on cruel
capital punishment
capital punishment : death penalty
Date of such conviction
Date of such conviction, The phrase 'date of such conviction' occurring in sub-s. (2) of s. 8 of the Representation of People
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Tax, interest and penalty
Tax, interest and penalty, tax, interest and penalty are three different concepts. Tax becomes payable by an assessee by virtue of the
The contract contains any other stipulation by penalty
The contract contains any other stipulation by penalty, the expression 'the contract contains any other stipulation by way of penalty' comprehen-sively applies to every covenant involving
Autretois acquit and autrefois convict
pleas which are concerned with the judicial determination of an alleged criminal liability and in the case of conviction with the substitution of a new liability, State of Andhra Pradesh v. Kokkiliagada Meerayya, (1969) 1 SCC 161
bill of pains and penalties
bill of pains and penalties see bill
death penalty
is not excessive in relation to the crime. A statute mandating the death penalty is unconstitutional, however. A sentencing judge is required to consider any mitigating circumstances before imposing the death penalty for a crime.
punishment
punishment 1 : the act of punishing 2 : a penalty (as a fine or imprisonment) inflicted on an
Conviction
adjudging a person guilty of a criminal offence. Thus a person will have been 'convicted' even though no punishment follows, e.g., where he is let out on his own recognizances to come up for judgment when called
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