death row
death row. The area of a prison where those who have been sentenced to death are confined.
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demise of the Crown
The immediate, automatic transfer of a kingdom to a successor upon a sovereign’s death or long absence from the throne.
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lackey claim
Lackey claim. A prisoner’s assertion that incarceration on death row for a protracted period is cruel and unusual punishment. Lackey v. Texas, 514 U.S. 1045, 115 S.Ct. 1421 (1995) (denying cert.). [Cases: Sentencing and Punishment 1795. C.J.S. Criminal Law §§ 1591–1592.]
senatus consultum macedonianum
senatus consultum Macedonianum (si-nay-t[schwa]s k[schwa]n-s[schwa]l-t[ schwa]m mas-[schwa]-doh-nee-ay-n[schwa]m). [Latin “Macedo’s Resolution”] Roman law. A senate decree under Vespasian to protect fathers from children in their power who had borrowed excessive sums in expectation of their father’s death, by making actions to recover such loans unlawful. — Also termed Macedonian Decree. “The senatus consultum Macedonianum reads as
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inquest
inquest. 1. An inquiry by a coroner or medical examiner, sometimes with the aid of a jury, into the manner of death of a person who has died under suspicious circumstances, or who has died in prison. — Also termed coroner’s inquest; inquisition after death. [Cases: Coroners 9; Homicide 1110. C.J.S. Coroners and Medical Examiners
coroner
coroner (kor- orkahr-[schwa]-n[schwa]r). 1. A public official whose duty is to investigate the causes and circumstances of any death that occurs suddenly, suspiciously, or violently. See MEDICAL EXAMINER. [Cases: Coroners 1. C.J.S. Coroners and Medical Examiners § 2.] 2. Hist. A royal official with countywide jurisdiction to investigate deaths, to hold inquests, and to assume
maiden assize
Hist. 1.An assize in which no prisoner is sentenced to death. 2. An assize in which the sheriff presents the judges with white gloves because there are no prisoners to try. • This practice stemmed from a custom in which a prisoner who was convicted of murder but pardoned by the Crown presented gloves to
in cursu rebellionis
in cursu rebellionis (in k[schwa]r-s[y]oo ri-bel-ee-oh-nis). [Law Latin] Hist. In the course of rebellion. “In cursu rebellionis …. All persons were formerly regarded as in rebellion against the Crown who had been put to the horn for non-fulfilment of a civil obligation; their whole moveable estate fell to the Crown as escheat; they might be
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paraphernalia
paraphernalia (par-[schwa]-f[schwa]r-nay-lee-[schwa]). Hist. Property that a wife was allowed to keep, in addition to her dowry, on the death of her husband. “[I]n one particular instance the wife may acquire a property in some of her husband’s goods: which shall remain to her after his death and not go to the executors. These are called
diem clausit extremum
diem clausit extremum (dI-[schwa]m klaw-zit ek-stree-m[schwa]m), n. [Law Latin “he closed his last day”] Hist. 1. A chancery writ, founded on the statute of Marlbury, ordering the county escheator, after the death of a chief tenant of the Crown, to summon a jury to determine the amount and value of land owned by the chief
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