practice. When an individual prosecutes a bill of indictment against another, and the defendant procures another bill to be found against the first prosecutor, the bills so found by the grand jury are called cross bills. The most usually occur in cases of assault and battery. 2. In chancery practice it is not unusual for parties to file cross bills. Vide Bill, cross. … [Read more...]

The body of law created by Congress or state legislature that has been created to deal with conduct that is considered to rise to a level of harm to society that it needs to be prohibited by statute and punishable by the state or federal government. Conviction results in a fine and/or imprisonment. By criminal law is understood that system of laws which provides for the mode of … [Read more...]

The science and stucy of crime and criminal behavior. … [Read more...]

An action brought by the defendant against the another party in the same action that relates to the original claim or counterclaim in the lawsuit. … [Read more...]

An instrument in Scotland, which contains the charges against a person accused of a crime. Criminal letters differ from an indictment, in that the former are not, like an indictment, the mere statement of the prosecutor, but sanctioned by a judge. … [Read more...]