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Jurisdiction
function by tearing off the conventional shackles of the strict rule of pleadings, strict rule of evidence, tardy trials, three/four-tier appeals, endless revisions and reviews - creating hurdles in the fast flow of the stream of justice.
Judicium Dei
Judicium Dei (judgment of God), a term applied by our ancestors to the now prohibited trials of undiscovered perpetrators of crimes; as those by arms and single combat; or by ordeals, as by fire
Bill of Rights
to serve in Parliament; by violent prosecutions and the causing partial and corrupt jurors to be returned on trials, excessive bail to be taken, excessive fines to be imposed, and cruel punishments to be inflicted; all of
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False Verdict
law, if they found according to the judge's direction. The practice of setting aside verdicts and granting new trials, however, so superseded the use of attains that there is no instance of one to be found in
Denman's (Mr.) Act
previous conviction of witness, and comparison to be made of disputed handwriting. The Act, which adapted to criminal trials parts of the (English) Common Law Procedure Act, 1854, applies to civil proceedings in all courts, and the
Crown cases reserved
Crown cases reserved. Questions of law at criminal trials (except in the case of demurrers and writs of error) might be referred for decision to the 'Court
Common informer
Common informer, a person who prosecutes others for breaches of penal laws, or furnishes evidence on criminal trials for no other reason than to get the penalty or a share of it; for a recent instance
Circumstantibus, Tales de
Circumstantibus, Tales de (so many of the bystanders). In civil and criminal trials, where by reason of the default of the jury, or of challenge, there is not a sufficient number
Causes celebres
Gayot de Pitival; the second, called the Nouvelles Causes Celebres, in 15, by Des Essarts. Compare Howell's State Trials in England. The word is applied to any English case of great interest and importance, as the Tichborne
Aventurae
Aventurae, adventures or trials of skill at arms, military exercises on houseback,-Cowel
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