Supra | | On the behalf of an order made at the instance of one party without the opposite party having notice of the application. |
Ab initio | | calling a prisoner by name, reading the indictment, demanding of the prisoner whether he or she is guilty or not guilty, and entering the prisoners plea. |
Animus | | with needed changes in the detail. |
Alias | | a name by which a person is known |
Arraignment | | a finding of not guilty. |
Autrefois | | the place where the charges are laid and the place where the trial takes place |
Certiorari | | fees payable to witnesses to defray expenses of coming to testify. attendance money. |
Venue | | if no evidence is given by the party on whom the burden is cast, the issue must be found against him. |
Corpus Delicti | | in place of parent. |
De Novo | | sound mind |
Ex parte | | absolutely effective plea in bar to the secind information, if the accused has been convicted and it was attempted again to prosecute them for the same offence. |
In loco Parentis | | an order to bring up to a court on the basis of lack of jurisdiction the record of a statutory tribunal or lower court to be quashed. |
Mala in se | | to instigate, promote, procure or encourage the commisssion of an offence. |
Mutandis | | an intial examination to determine the competency of a juror or witness. |
Obiter Dictrum | | body of the offence, the ingredients of the offence;commonly, the dead body. |
Post Mortem | | by virtue of ones office |
Quash | | without publicity, privately and, if possible in the private office of the judge or a private room. |
Sine die | | a plea which an accused may make in her own defence. |
Voir dire | | at first glance. on the surface. |
Abet | | without a day being fixed. |
Aquittal | | something for something. a consideration |
Alibi | | a person against whom one presents a petition, issues a summons or brings an appeal. a person or a department in respect of whom or which in respect of whose activities any report or information is sought or provided. |
Ante | | A remark in passing. an opinion not required in a judgement and so not a binding precedent.the time is the past. |
Autrefois Acquit | | an autopsy |
Bona fide | | above |
Compos mentis | | common law conduct, otherwise lawful, which is prohibited in the public interest. today such prohibited acts are classified as regulatory offences. |
Conduct money | | proof of the absence of the accused at the time the crime is supposed to be committed |
Ex officio | | not sound in mind |
Flagrante delicto | | Common law, truly criminal conduct today prohibited acts are classified as crimes. |
In camera | | from the beginning |
Inter alia | | annual, make void. discharging or setting aside of a by-law and any remedy would be the simple act of quashing in itself. |
Mala prohibita | | intent, intention |
Non compos mentis | | before |
Onus probandi | | while the crime is glaring while committing the offence charged. |
Prima facie | | Fresh. New. |
Quid pro quo | | among other things |
Respondent | | in good faith |
Res judicata | | A final judicial decision.a plea in defence to an action |