Trial - Law Dictionary Search Results
Barrister
Counselor at law a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes as distinguished from an attorney or solicitor See Attorney
Battel
A single combat as trial by battel See Wager of battel under Wager
Hostile Witness
Act, 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. c. 18), which applies to civil actions as well as to criminal trials.
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Staunforde
under three heads: first, of crimes; next, of the method of bringing delinquents of justice; and lastly, of trials and punishment. The several titles into which these are subdivided have furnished the heads of nearly every book
Shire-man, or Seyre-man
Shire-man, or Seyre-man, anciently judge of the county, by whom trials for land, etc., were determined before the conquest.
Placita
sovereign presided, who usually con-sulted upon the great affairs of the kingdom. Also, pleas, pleadings, or debates, and trials at law; sometimes penalties, fines, mulcts, or emendations; also, the style of the Court at the beginning of
Ordels
Ordels, the right of administering oaths and adjudging trials by ordeal within a precinct or liberty.
Not proven
Not proven, a verdict allowed to be given in criminal trials in Scotland. A prisoner in whose case it is pronounced cannot be tried again.
Marshal or Mareschal
Office is now practically a sinecure, but formerly the marshal made abstracts of indictments, and received records for trials, etc. The judge appoints his marshal and pays his travelling and other expenses during the time he resides
Laudatio
concerning an accused person's good behaviour and integrity of life. It resembled the practice which prevails in our trials of calling persons to speak to a prisoner's character. The least number of the laudatores among the Romans
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