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retrial

retrial : a trial of a matter already tried NOTE: A retrial is barred by double jeopardy following a mistrial for which

Judgment

of Civil Procedure, 1908, s. 2 (9)] That by the word 'judgment' is meant an order in a trial terminating in the conviction or acquittal of the accused, Thikka Surya Rao v. Sirangu Sathiraju, AIR 1948 Mad

Jury

Fr.], a number of persons sworn to deliver a verdict upon evidence delivered to them touching the issue. Trial by jury may be traced to the earliest Anglo-Saxon times. One of the judicial customs of the Saxons

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High Steward, Court of the Lord

High Steward, Court of the Lord, a tribunal instituted for the trial of peers or peeresses indicted for treason or felony, or for misprision of either, but not for any

bill

act formerly permitted that attainted a person and imposed a sentence of death without benefit of a judicial trial see also attainder compare bill of pains and penalties in this entry 2 : a legislative act that

Venire facias de novo

Venire facias de novo, a second writ to summon another jury for a new trial. The venire de novo was the Old Common Law method of proceeding to a new trial, and differed

Costs

Court or a judge thereof, obtains, under any rule of the Supreme Court providing for summary judgment without trial, an order empowering him to sign judgment for a sum of twenty pounds or upwards, either unconditionally or

Poor Prisoners, Defence of

1903, entitles any person to free legal aid in the preparation and conduct of his defence at the trial and to have solicitor and counsel assigned to him for that purpose, if a certificate, called the 'defence

Venue

Venue [fr. visne, vicinetum, visnetum, Lat.], the place whence a jury are to come for trial of causes. See Co. Litt. 125 a, and Hargrave's note (2). Local actions must, before the Jud. Act,

discovery

relevant information as long as it is not privileged, including information that itself would not be admissible at trial but that is likely to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence. Criminal discovery, however, has been more

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