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Deposition

ss. 6, 7. Under the first of these Acts, the evidence upon which a prisoner is committed for trial by justices of the peace is taken down, and may be read at the trial upon it being

verdict

a jury on one or more matters (as counts of an indictment or complaint) submitted to it in trial that ordinarily in civil actions is for the plaintiff or for the defendant and in criminal actions is

proceeding

in the enforcement, adjudication, or administration of rights, remedies, laws, or regulations: as a : an action, hearing, trial, or application before the court collateral proceeding : a proceeding that concerns an order, motion, petition, or writ

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Criminal Appeal Act, 1907 (English)

(21 & 22 Geo. 5, c. 24), s. 2. 'A person convicted' includes a person who, upon the trial of an indictment, has been found insane, R. v. Ireland, (1910) 1 KB 654. The Court has power

Suit

action in the Supreme Court, or a proceeding by petition in the Divorce branch of that Court; a prosecution; a petition to a Court, etc. See Jud. Act, 1873, s. 100. By Jud. Act, 1925, s. 225,

Public prosecutor

1973 (2 of 1974), s. 2 (u)] The 'Public Prosecutor' is the counsel for the government for conducting prosecution on behalf of the State Government or the Central Govern-ment as the case may be. He is an

Jeopardy

Jeopardy, means the risk of conviction and punish-ment that a criminal defendant faces at trial. Jeopardy attaches in a jury trial when the jury is empaneled, and in a Bench trial when the

Impeachment

prosecution is initiated by the Commons and is conducted by managers appointed out of their own body; the trial takes place in the Lords which adjudicates upon the charge preferred, Parlia-mentary Dictionary, L.A. Abraham and S.C. Hawtrey,

Discharge of a jury

as the death of one of the jury; or (2) in due course on the termination of the trial by verdict (or sentence); or by the discretion of the judge determining that they are so exhausted as

Criminal Evidence Act

Justice Act, 1925 s. 12, replacing (English) Inictable Offences Act, 1848, s. 18, directs that before commitment for trial (see ACCUSED PERSON and COMMITMENT) justices of the peace beore whom a personis charged with an offence must

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