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Capital offences
save a prisoner's life, would often falsely find that valuable goods stolen were of the value of 39s. Sentence of death cannot be pronounced on or recorded against a young person under 18. [Children and Young Persons
Criminal cause or matter
which, if carried to its conclusion, might result in the conviction or the person charged and in a sentence of some punishment, such as imprison-ment or fine, it is a 'criminal cause or matter', A (Ara) v.
Dismissed
which must be exercised sparingly and with great circumspection. One would think a conviction for murder and a sentence of imprisonment for life were serious enough matters for the High Court to warrant 'admission' of the appeal
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Hard labour
Administration Act, 1914, s. 16(1), 'where a person convicted by or before any Court of an offence is sentenced to imprisonment without the option of a fine, the imprisonment may, in the discretion of the court, be
Attainder
the blood of a criminal capitally condemned; it is the immediate inseparable consequence, by the Common Law, of sentence of death being pronounced, or of outlawry for a capital offence. the criminal then becomes dead in law,
Deprivation
Deprivation, taking away from a clergy-man his patronage, vicarage, or other spiritual promotion or dignity, either, first, by sentence declaratory in the proper Court for fit and sufficient causes; such as conviction of infamous crime; for heresy,
Acquittal
a major charge and the High Court on appeal sets aside the acquittal under the major charge and sentences the person to imprisonment for life or to a sentence of not less than ten years, Kishore Singh
condemn
condemn 1 : to impose a penalty on ;esp : to sentence to death 2 : to adjudge unfit for use or consumption 3 : to declare convertible to public
Commute
a greater or a single thing for an aggregate hence to lessen to diminish as to commute a sentence of death to one of imprisonment for life to commute tithes to commute charges for fares
Trade Union
rules or resolutions of such trade union; or (c) To discharge any fine imposed upon any person by sentence of a Court of justice; or (4)Any agreement made between one trade union and another; or (5) Any
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