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Larceny

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 any term not exceeding two years, with or without

Thirlage

Thirlage (obsol.), a servitude or tenure in Scotland, by which the occupier of certain lands was bound to carry his grain to

Firearms

attempted use of firearms or imitation firearms to avoid arrest punishable with a maximum of fourteen years penal servitude, and also for being in possession of such firearms or imitation firearms when arrested for committing certain offences

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Black mail

letters or threats to accuse of crime--an offence punishable, if the crime is punishable, by death or penal servitude for not less than seven years, or be an attempt at rape, or be an 'infamous crime,' i.e.,

Falsification

official document or in any copy thereof, with intent to defraud or deceive, is felony punishable by penal servitude up to seven years by s. 3(3) of the (English) Forgery Act, 1913 (3 & 4 Geo. 5,

Age

that a 'child,' i.e., a person under 14, shall not be imprisoned or sent to prison or penal servitude; and a 'young person,' i.e., a person of 14 or upwards and under 17, shall not be sent

Begar

High Court of Gujarat, AIR 1998 SC 3164 (3170): (1998) 7 SCC 392. Begar, is similar to involuntary servitude in U.S.A., it was abolished under the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution in 1865, the Japanese and West

Bestiality

of men with beasts, punishable under the (English) Offences against the Person Act, 1861, s. 61, by penal servitude for life, or for not less than ten years, but this minimum term is abolished, and power is

immovable

or tract of land shall be an "Louisiana Revised Statutes"] ;also : an interest or right (as a servitude) in an item of immovable property [a predial servitude is an incorporeal "Louisiana Civil Code"] often used in

Buggery

Buggery, sodomy, punishable by the (English) Offences against the Person Act, 1861, s. 61, by penal servitude for life or any term not less than ten years, but by the effect of the Penal Servitude

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