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Cognizance

law of other countries. See Roscoe's Evidence at Nisi Prius. Means 'jurisdiction' or 'the exercise jurisdiction' or 'power to try and determine to causes'. In common sense taking notice of, Rakesh Kumar Mishra v. State of Bihar, (2006) … Mishra v. State of Bihar, (2006) 1 SCC 557. Means 'jurisdiction' or the exercise or jurisdiction or power to try and determine causes, K. Kalimuthu v. V. State By DSP, (2005) 4 SCC 512. Means 'taking notice of',

Challenge

two jurors, who have been sworn; if two have not been sworn, the court appoints two indifferent persons to try the, thence called triers, who are superseded as soon as two jurors are sworn; a principal challenge to

Central Criminal Court

the High Court, (English) (Judicature Act, 1925, s. 74). The 17th section of the Act authorizes the Court to try offences committed on the high seas; and the (English) Central Criminal Court Act, 1856 (19 & 20 Vict.

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Court of competent jurisdiction

Court of competent jurisdiction' envisaged in s. 465 is to denote a validity constituted Court conferred with jurisdiction to try the offence or offences. Such a Court will not get denuded of its competence to try the case … with jurisdiction to try the offence or offences. Such a Court will not get denuded of its competence to try the case on account of any procedural lapse and the competence would remain unaffected by the non-compliance of

Ex officio informations

Ex officio informations, proceedings filed in the King's Bench Division by the Attorney-General, at the direct and proper instance of the Crown, in cases of such enormous misdemeanours as peculiarly tend to disturb or endanger the...

Explosive

Explosive, means gunpowder, introglycerine, nitroglycol, gun-cotton, di-nitro-toluene, tri-nitro-toluene, picric acid, di-nitro-phenol, tri-nitro-resorcinol (styphnic acid), cyclo-trimethylene-tri-nitramine, penta-erythritol-tetranitrate, tetryl, nitro-guanidine, lead azide, lead styphynte, fulminate of mercury or any other metal, diazo-di-nitro-phenol, coloured fires or any other substance...

Fair trial

Fair trial, means a trial in which bias or prejudice for or against the accused, the witnesses, or the cause which is being tried is eliminated. If the witnesses get threatened or are forced to give...

Felony

a crime to conceal a felony (see MISPRISION); that felony must be pleaded to personally; that a jury trying felony may not separate before verdict (this distinction has been done away with, except as to murder, treason,

Judgment

Judgment [fr. judgment, Fr.], judicial determination; decision of a Court. Under the former practice of the superior Courts, this term was usually applied only to the Common Law Courts, the term 'decree' being in general use...

Proviso, Trial by

down and enter it, and proceed to the trial as if he were proceeding as plaintiff. The right to try by proviso was expressly saved by (English) C.L.P. Act, 1852, s. 116, but a defendant seldom tried by

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