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Indictable offence
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Indictable offenceAn offence which, in Canada, is more serious than those which can proceed by summary conviction. This is the Canadian equivalent to the USA "felony". Murder and treason are examples of crimes committed in Canada which would be indictable offences. These crimes are usually tried by federally-appointed judges and carry heavy sentences.
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Offence
Crimes. The doing that which a penal law forbids to be done, or omitting to do what it commands; in this sense it is nearly synonymous with crime. In a more confined sense, it may be considered as having the same meaning with misdemeanor, but it differs from it in this, that it is not indictable, but punishable summarily by the forfeiture of a penalty.
Conviction
The formal decision of a criminal trial which finds the accused guilty. It is the finding of a judge or jury, on behalf of the state, that a person has, beyond reasonable doubt, committed the crime for which he, or she, has been accused. It is the ultimate goal of the prosecution and the result resisted by the defense. Once convicted, an accused may then be sentenced.
Equivalent
Of the same value.
Murder
"1) Pleadings. In an indictment for murder, it must be charged that the prisoner ""did kill and murder"" the deceased, and unless the word murder be introduced into the charge, the indictment will be taken to charge manslaughter only. Foster, 424; Yelv. 205; 1 Chit. Cr. Law, *243, and the authorities and cases there cited.
Treason
Criminal law. This word imports a betraying, treachery, or breach of allegiance.
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Indian tribe
A separate and distinct community or body of the aboriginal Indian race of men found in the United States.
Indians
The aborigines of this country are so called.
Indicia
Civil law. Signs, marks. This term is very nearly synonymous with the common law phrase, "circumstantial evidence." It was used to designate the facts giving rise to the indirect inference, rather than the inference itself.
Indicted
Practice. When a man is accused by a bill of indictment preferred by a grand jury, he is said to be indicted.
Indiction
Computation of time. An indiction contained a space of fifteen years.
Indictment
Criminal law, practice. A written accusation of one or more persons of a crime or misdemeanor, presented to, and preferred upon oath or affirmation, by a grand jury legally convoked.
Indictor
He who causes another to be indicted. The latter is sometimes called the indictee.
Indifferent
To have no bias nor partiality. A juror, an arbitrator, and a witness, ought to be indifferent, and when they are not so, they may be challenged.
Indigent
Needy or impoverished. A defendant who can demonstrate his or her indigence to the court may be assigned a court-appointed attorney at public expense.
Indigent Inmate
In the US penitentiary jargon, inmates shall be deemed indigent if their account balance is $2.00 or less.
Indirect evidence
That proof which does not prove the fact in question, but proves another, the certainty of which may lead to the discovery of the truth of the one sought.
Indivisible
That which cannot be separated.
Indivisum
That which two or more persons hold in common without partition; undivided.
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Indeterminate
That which is uncertain or not particularly designated.
Indeterminate sentence
A sentence of imprisonment to a specified minimum and maximum period of time, specifically authorized by statute, subject to termination by a parole board or other authorized agency after the prisoner has served the minimum term.
Indian tribe
A separate and distinct community or body of the aboriginal Indian race of men found in the United States.
Indians
The aborigines of this country are so called.
Indicia
Civil law. Signs, marks. This term is very nearly synonymous with the common law phrase, "circumstantial evidence." It was used to designate the facts giving rise to the indirect inference, rather than the inference itself.
Indictable offence
Indicted
Practice. When a man is accused by a bill of indictment preferred by a grand jury, he is said to be indicted.
Indiction
Computation of time. An indiction contained a space of fifteen years.
Indictment
Criminal law, practice. A written accusation of one or more persons of a crime or misdemeanor, presented to, and preferred upon oath or affirmation, by a grand jury legally convoked.
Indictor
He who causes another to be indicted. The latter is sometimes called the indictee.
Indifferent
To have no bias nor partiality. A juror, an arbitrator, and a witness, ought to be indifferent, and when they are not so, they may be challenged.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Offence
Crimes. The doing that which a penal law forbids to be done, or omitting to do what it commands; in this sense it is nearly synonymous with crime. In a more confined sense, it may be considered as having the same meaning with misdemeanor, but it differs from it in this, that it is not indictable, but punishable summarily by the forfeiture of a penalty.
Conviction
The formal decision of a criminal trial which finds the accused guilty. It is the finding of a judge or jury, on behalf of the state, that a person has, beyond reasonable doubt, committed the crime for which he, or she, has been accused. It is the ultimate goal of the prosecution and the result resisted by the defense. Once convicted, an accused may then be sentenced.
Equivalent
Of the same value.
Murder
"1) Pleadings. In an indictment for murder, it must be charged that the prisoner ""did kill and murder"" the deceased, and unless the word murder be introduced into the charge, the indictment will be taken to charge manslaughter only. Foster, 424; Yelv. 205; 1 Chit. Cr. Law, *243, and the authorities and cases there cited.
Treason
Criminal law. This word imports a betraying, treachery, or breach of allegiance.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Indian tribe
A separate and distinct community or body of the aboriginal Indian race of men found in the United States.
Indians
The aborigines of this country are so called.
Indicia
Civil law. Signs, marks. This term is very nearly synonymous with the common law phrase, "circumstantial evidence." It was used to designate the facts giving rise to the indirect inference, rather than the inference itself.
Indicted
Practice. When a man is accused by a bill of indictment preferred by a grand jury, he is said to be indicted.
Indiction
Computation of time. An indiction contained a space of fifteen years.
Indictment
Criminal law, practice. A written accusation of one or more persons of a crime or misdemeanor, presented to, and preferred upon oath or affirmation, by a grand jury legally convoked.
Indictor
He who causes another to be indicted. The latter is sometimes called the indictee.
Indifferent
To have no bias nor partiality. A juror, an arbitrator, and a witness, ought to be indifferent, and when they are not so, they may be challenged.
Indigent
Needy or impoverished. A defendant who can demonstrate his or her indigence to the court may be assigned a court-appointed attorney at public expense.
Indigent Inmate
In the US penitentiary jargon, inmates shall be deemed indigent if their account balance is $2.00 or less.
Indirect evidence
That proof which does not prove the fact in question, but proves another, the certainty of which may lead to the discovery of the truth of the one sought.
Indivisible
That which cannot be separated.
Indivisum
That which two or more persons hold in common without partition; undivided.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Indeterminate
That which is uncertain or not particularly designated.
Indeterminate sentence
A sentence of imprisonment to a specified minimum and maximum period of time, specifically authorized by statute, subject to termination by a parole board or other authorized agency after the prisoner has served the minimum term.
Indian tribe
A separate and distinct community or body of the aboriginal Indian race of men found in the United States.
Indians
The aborigines of this country are so called.
Indicia
Civil law. Signs, marks. This term is very nearly synonymous with the common law phrase, "circumstantial evidence." It was used to designate the facts giving rise to the indirect inference, rather than the inference itself.
Indictable offence
Indicted
Practice. When a man is accused by a bill of indictment preferred by a grand jury, he is said to be indicted.
Indiction
Computation of time. An indiction contained a space of fifteen years.
Indictment
Criminal law, practice. A written accusation of one or more persons of a crime or misdemeanor, presented to, and preferred upon oath or affirmation, by a grand jury legally convoked.
Indictor
He who causes another to be indicted. The latter is sometimes called the indictee.
Indifferent
To have no bias nor partiality. A juror, an arbitrator, and a witness, ought to be indifferent, and when they are not so, they may be challenged.
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