Servitude - Law Dictionary Search Results
Oath
15, and PERJURY. The administering of unlawful oaths is an offence against the government, and punishable by penal servitude. The following statutes relate to this offence: 37 Geo. 3, c. 123; 39 Geo. 3, c. 79; 52
Serf
Serf, the slave of feudalism. See SERVI. A person in a condition of feudal servitude, bound to labour at the will of lord; a villein, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1371.
Reward
without exercising all due diligence to cause the offender to be brought to trial is punishable by penal servitude up to seven years. [(English) Larceny Act, 1916, s. 34, and cf. s. 5 (3)] The offering of
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Tigni immittendi
Tigni immittendi, a servitude which is the right of inserting a beam or timber from the wall of one house into that
Infamous crime
whether the receiver be innocent or not, with intent to extort money, may be punished up to penal servitude for life by s. 46 of the (English) Larceny Act, 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 96), which
Wills
wills, see (English) Larceny Act, 1916, s. 6. Forgery of a will is a felony punishable with penal servitude for life. [see (English) Forgery Act, 1913, s. 2 (1)] And see Jarman, Hawkins, or Theobald on Wills;
Vagrants
by the (English) Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1912, s. 7. As to the possession of firearms entailing penal servitude by a person committing certain offences under the Vagrancy Acts, see Firearms, etc. (Criminal Use) Act, 1933 (23
Urban servitudes
Urban servitudes, servitudes connected with houses, such as support, light, stillicide, etc., Bell's Scots Law Dict., voce 'servitude.'
Trustees, Fraudulent, Punishment of
21, the appropriation of the trust fund by the trustee to his own use is punishable by penal servitude for seven years, but the sanction of the Attorney-General is necessary for a prosecution by a person other
Title to lands, Documents of
and being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be kept in penal servitude for the term of three years; or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years, with
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