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Justices

appointed in 1327 by 1 Edw. 3, st. 2, c. 16, and are now appointed by the king's special commission under the Great Seal, the form of which was settled by all the judges in 1590, and … Justices, officers deputed by the Crown to ad-minister justice and do right by way of judgment. The judges of the Supreme Court are called justices, but the word is usually applied to petty magistrates who sit

De lunatico inquirendo, writ

mind. Those judges [see (English) Jud. Act, 1873, s. 17; Jud. Act, 1875, s. 7] to whom, by special authority from the sovereign, the custody of idiots and lunatics is entrusted may, upon petition or information, grant … De lunatico inquirendo, writ, a process formerly issued to inquire into the condition of a person's mind. Those judges [see (English) Jud. Act, 1873, s. 17; Jud. Act, 1875, s. 7] to whom, by special authority from

Person of unsound mind

(1) An order of judicial authority (county Court judge, stipendiary or police magistrate, or justice of the peace specially appointed) for the detention as persons of unsound mind of any such person not so found by inquisition.

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Special pleaders

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In forma pauperis

and the subject-matter of the cause excepted, or such larger sum not exceeding 100l. as the judge in special circumstances may direct. In London and the District Registries lists are kept of counsel and solicitors willing to

Prerogative of mercy

before 1848 was fully explained in a letter to the Home Secretary by the judges who formed the Special Commission before whom Frost and others were tried for high treason in 1839, see Queen v. Frost, (1839) … change the sentence of death by hanging for felony into one of decapitation: cf. Advice given by the judge to James II. in Lady Lisle's case, 11 How St Tr 297 (378). In the eighteenth century conditional

Venue

but transitory actions in any county at the plaintiff's option; and no venue could be changed without a special order of the Court or a judge, unless by consent of the parties, R.H.T. 1853, r. 18. It

District Registry

proof; and the district registrars may administer oaths or do other things as provided by rules or a special order of the Court (s. 62). Power, however, is given to a judge to remove proceedings from a

Tried

Tried, the term tried means that the Special judge has applied his mind to the documents submitted by the prosecution, AIR 1967 Raj 221 (224). [Criminal Law

Self-defence

exercise is a legal question. It is not a question on which a State is entitled, in any special sense, to be a judge in its own cause, the Law of Nations, 5th Edn., 1955, p. 319.

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