Servitude - Law Dictionary Search Results
Burglary
the said dwelling-house, shall be guilty of the felony called burglary and on conviction thereof liable to penal servitude for life. S. 46 defines night as meaning 'the interval between nine o'clock in the evening and six
Children
person under eighteen and a young person under seventeen cannot (s. 52 (2) (3) be sent to penal servitude and can only be imprisoned if of an unruly or depraved character, and a child under fourteen can
Deportation
to a remote part of the kingdom, with prohibition to change the place of residence. The (English) Penal Servitude Acts, 1853 (16 & 17 Vict. c. 99), and 1857 (20 & 21 Vict. c. 3), substituted terms
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Dominant tenement
a term used in the civil law, and thence in ours, and also in Scots law relating to servitude. It means the tenement or subject in favour of which the service or easement is constituted; as the
Poaching
armed with any gun or other offensive weapon), are each guilty of a misdemeanour, and liable to penal servitude for any term between seven and three (now five) years, or imprisonment with hard labour for not more
Res serviens
Res serviens, means the servient property subject to a servitude, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1314.
Rape
any person convicted of rape shall be guilty of felony, and be liable to be kept in penal servitude for life, or for not less than three years, or to be imprisoned for not exceeding two years,
Rabbit
entering land for the purpose of destroying game or rabbits are punishable after conviction on indictment by penal servitude up to ten years or imprisonment with hard labour up to three years. A tenant may shoot rabbits
Pr'dium dominans
Pr'dium dominans, an estate to which a servitude is due; the ruling estate, Colquhoun's Roman Civil Law, s. 937.
Prison
has constituted the Prison Commissioners Directors of Convict Prisons, established three divisions of prisoners, not sentenced to penal servitude or hard labour, and restricted the authorization of corporal punishment. Both these Acts have been amended in certain
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