Search results for: “European arrest warrant”
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Warrant
Definition of Warrant An authority under hand and seal. It is used in executing process in civil and criminal cases, for the arrest of persons, or for their production in Court as witnesses Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Warrant in the […]
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Warrant
Definition of Warrant An authority under hand and seal. It is used in executing process in civil and criminal cases, for the arrest of persons, or for their production in Court as witnesses Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Warrant in the […]
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General Warrant
Definition of General Warrant A warrant issued by the Secretary of State for the arrest of such persons as were, for instance, the authors of a seditious libel. No persons were named in such a warrant. In 1765 they were held to be illegal. See Leach v. Money; W tikes v. Wood; Entick v. […]
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Bench Warrant
Definition of Bench Warrant A warrant issued by a Court of record for the arrest of a person against whom an indictment for treason, felony or misdemeanour has been found, or against whom articles of the peace (q.v.) have been exhibited, if such person does not appear to answer the indictment […]
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Arrest
Definition of Arrest To arrest a person is to deprive him of his liberty by some lawful authority, (a) Arrest on mesne process was to compel the defendant to appear in an action, (b) Arrest on final process was a mode of execution or enforcing judgment by means of the writ a capias ad sat…
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European Union Tasks
Tasks of the European UnionContent about European Union Tasks from the publication The ABC of European Union law (2010, European Union) by Klaus-Dieter Borchardt. The list of tasks entrusted to the EU strongly resembles the constitutional order of a state. These are not the narrowly […]
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Writ Of Summons
Definition of Writ Of Summons A process issued in the High Court at the instance of the plaintiff for the purpose of giving the defendant notice of the claim made against him and of compelling him to appear and answer it if he does not admit it. It is the first step in the action.…
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Habeas Corpus
Definition of Habeas Corpus A prerogative writ directed to a person who detains another in custody and commands him to produce or have the body of that person before the Court(1) Habeas corpus ad subjiciendurn commands the person to whom it is directed to produce the body of the person […]
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Bail
Definition of Bail An accused person is said at common law to be admitted to bail when lie is released from the custody of officers of the law and is entrusted to the custody of persons known as his sureties, who are bound to produce him to answer, at a specified time and place, the…
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General Index
This page is the overall index to the European Encyclopedia of Law; any page can ideally be reached directly or indirectly from this page. Note that the index is still somewhat incomplete. Europe: Akrotiri and Dhekelia • Åland • Albania • Andorra • Armenia • Austria • Azerbaijan • Belarus • Belgium • Bosnia and…