 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 804 páginas
...speaking, is the notice taken by a grand jury of any offence from their own knowledge or observation, without any bill of indictment laid before them at the suit of the king ; as the presentment of a nuisance, a libel, and the like ; upon which the officer of the court... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1833 - 800 páginas
...A presentment, properly speaking, is an accusation made ex mero motu by a grand jury of an offence upon their own observation and knowledge, or upon...An indictment is a written accusation of an offence i 4 Black. Comm. 302, 306. preferred to, and presented, upon oath, as true, by a grand jury at the... | |
 | Thomas Stephen - 1835 - 810 páginas
...speaking, is ibe notice taken by a grand jury of any offence from their own knowledge or observation, without any bill of indictment laid before them, at the suit of the king; such as the presentment of a nuisance and the like, upon "hich the officer of the court must... | |
 | William Blackstone, John Bethune Bayly - 1840 - 764 páginas
...speaking, is the notice taken by a grand jury of any offence from their own knowledge or observation, without any bill of indictment laid before them, at the suit of the queen ; as the presentment of a nuisance, a libel, and the like ; upon which the officer of the court... | |
 | George Bowyer - 1841 - 742 páginas
...speaking, is the notice taken by a grand jury of any offences from their own knowledge or observation,4 without any bill of indictment laid before them at the suit of the queen. As the presentment of a nuisance, a libel, and the like, upon which the 1 Stat. 7 Geo. IV. c.... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1851 - 642 páginas
...A presentment, properly speaking, is an accusation made ex mero motu by a grand jury, of an offence upon their own observation and knowledge, or upon...of the government. Upon a presentment, the proper off1cer of the court must frame an indictment, before the party accused can be put to answer it. 1... | |
 | William Conway Keele - 1851 - 734 páginas
...understood, is the notice taken by a grand jury of any offence from their own knowledge or observation, without any bill of indictment laid before them at the suit of the king ; as the presentment of a nuisance, a libel, and the like ; upon which the officer of the court... | |
 | Homersham Cox - 1863 - 862 páginas
...important constitutional right of presentment of offences from their own knowledge and observation, without any bill of indictment laid before them at the suit of the Crown ; and upon the presentment the officer of the court must frame an indictment(i). The oath administered... | |
 | Henry John Stephen - 1863 - 770 páginas
...speaking, is the notice taken by a grand jury, of any offence from their own knowledge or observation, without any bill of indictment, laid before them at the suit of the Crown (6): — as the presentment of a nuisance, a libel, and the like ; upon which the officer of... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1865 - 384 páginas
...properly, speaking, is an accusation, made by a grand jury of their own mere motion, of an offence upon their own observation and knowledge, or upon...of the government. Upon a presentment, the proper office! of the court must frame an indictment, before the party ac-_ cused can be put to answer it.... | |
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... as the presentment of a nuisance, a libel, and the like ; upon which the officer of the court must afterwards frame an indictment '', before the party presented can be put to answer it. 
