Search results for: “criminal law”
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Criminal Conversation
See Crim. Con. …
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Habitual Criminal
A person who, after attaining the age of sixteen years, has been three or more times convicted of certain crimes and who ifi proved to have been persistently leading a dishonest or criminal life. Such person may be sentenced to a term of preventive detention of from five to ten years to follow […]
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Habitual Criminal
A person who, after attaining the age of sixteen years, has been three or more times convicted of certain crimes and who ifi proved to have been persistently leading a dishonest or criminal life. Such person may be sentenced to a term of preventive detention of from five to ten years to follow […]
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Criminal Court
Definition of Criminal Court In relation to social issues, a meaning of criminal court is provided here: the place where cases are heard for those accused of breaking a law
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Blue Laws
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Blue laws Meaning of Blue laws A name applied to certain laws of extreme rigor, supposed to have been anciently in force in Connecticut. Rigorous puritanical laws, generally. What does Blue Laws […]
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Blue Laws
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Blue laws Meaning of Blue laws A name applied to certain laws of extreme rigor, supposed to have been anciently in force in Connecticut. Rigorous puritanical laws, generally. What does Blue Laws […]
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Criminal Procedure
Definition of Criminal Procedure In relation to social issues, a meaning of criminal procedure is provided here: a set of established steps taken when the government is preparing a criminal prosecution to bring a person accused of breaking a law to trial, which includes due process for the […]
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Criminal Procedure
Definition of Criminal Procedure In relation to social issues, a meaning of criminal procedure is provided here: a set of established steps taken when the government is preparing a criminal prosecution to bring a person accused of breaking a law to trial, which includes due process for the […]
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Due Process of Law
Law in its regular course of administration through courts of justice. 3 Story, Const. 264, 661; 18 How. (U. S.) 272; 13 N. Y. 378. It is the equivalent to law of the land, as used in Magna Charta. Co. Inst. 60; 18 How. (U. S.) 272; 11 Mich. 129. Whatever difficulty may […]
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Actio criminalis
In the common law. A criminal action. Bracton, fol. 102b. …
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Actio criminalis
In the common law. A criminal action. Bracton, fol. 102b. …
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Criminal Defendant
What is Gideon v. More details on the Encyclopedia. Wainwright? A definition of gideon v. More details on the Encyclopedia. wainwright is: Landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision which held that provision guaranteeing a criminal defendant the assistance of counsel under the Sixth Amendment, U.S. […]
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Criminal Defendant
What is Gideon v. More details on the Encyclopedia. Wainwright? A definition of gideon v. More details on the Encyclopedia. wainwright is: Landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision which held that provision guaranteeing a criminal defendant the assistance of counsel under the Sixth Amendment, U.S. […]
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Unlawful Assembly
At common law, a meeting of three or more persons with a common plan in mind which, if carried out, will result in a riot. See Commonwealth v Duitch, 165 Pa. Super 187, 67 A.2d 821.