单词 | to lay an information |
释义 | > as lemmasto lay an information a. English Law. Originally: a complaint or charge presented to a court or magistrate in order to institute (routine) criminal proceedings without formal indictment (now historical). Later: a statement in which a magistrate is informed that a named person has committed a stated offence and a summons or warrant is requested. to lay an information: to present such a charge or statement (as a common informer: see informer n. 2), in order to establish a claim to a penalty payment.The original object of this procedure was to dispense with the previous finding of a grand jury. For a detailed account of the original procedure and the various courts in which it applied, see Tomlin's Law Dict. (1835) at cited word.Also used in many Commonwealth countries and other countries formerly under British colonial rule. U.S. Law: an accusation or criminal charge brought before a judge by a district attorney without a grand jury indictment. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > [noun] > a charge, accusation, or allegation > criminal charge > based on allegation not indictment information1467 society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > bring a charge [verb (intransitive)] to bring in or lay an indictment1303 to call upon ——1448 accuse1546 propound1576 prosecute1611 to call on ——a1616 to lay an information1838 charge1891 1467–8 Rolls of Parl.: Edward IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. June 1467 §41. m. 39 That..every such infourmer..be admitted to sue for the kyng and hym self actions..uppon the same, by enformation to be yeven or made in eny of the seid courtes. 1482 Rolls Parl. VI. 208/1 If the Kyngs Attourney Generall of his said Duchie..put a Bill into eny of the Kyngs Courtes by wey of enformation..the Justices of the same Court..shall have power [etc.]. 1523 Act 14 & 15 Hen. VIII c. 1 The person..that will first sue for the same, by originall of dette, bill, plainte, or informacion, in any of the kynges courtes. 1588–9 Act 31 Eliz. c. 5 §3 Suche officer[s] of recorde as have in respecte of their offices heretofore laufullye used to exhibite informacions or sue upon penall lawes. 1629 in W. Cobbett State Trials (1809) III. 300 This matter [against Elliot, Hollis and Valentine] is brought in this court by way of Information, where it ought to be by way of Indictment. 1647 T. May Hist. Parl. i. i. 13 They were also vexed with informations in inferiour Courts; where they were sentenced, and fined for matters done in Parliament. 1733 J. Harvey (title) Orders, Warrants, Informations, and variety of Precedents for Justices of the Peace. 1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (1809) IV. xxiii. §3 309 The objects of the other species of informations, filed by the master of the crown-office upon the complaint or relation of a private subject, are any gross and notorious misdemesnors, riots, batteries, libels, and other immoralities of an atrocious kind. 1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist III. li. 311 The gentleman being accommodated with threepennyworth of brandy to restore her, lays an information next day, and pockets half the penalty. 1875 T. S. Pritchard Pract. Quarter Sessions iv. §4. 173 Prosecutions by information at the quarter sessions can only be instituted in cases where, by a penal statute, an informer is allowed to take this course to recover the penalty; but this proceeding is generally disused. 1918 Michigan Law Rev. 16 452 Because informations, unlike indictments, are not the work of a grand jury they may be amended, with the court's consent, by the public officer. 1951 G. Heyer Quiet Gentleman xiv. 203 There will be no duel, if I have to lay an information against them both to prevent it. 1978 Jrnl. Afr. Law 22 52 [In Sudan.] All police proceedings begin with an information being duly entered. 1997 T. Moran Legal Competence in Environm. Health ix. 259 Any Environmental Health Officer laying an information would be well advised to record the date and time that the information was handed to the office. < as lemmas |
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