Search Results for: RENDITION

extradition

extradition (ek-str[schwa]-dish-[schwa]n). The official surrender of an alleged criminal by one state or nation to another having jurisdiction over the crime charged; the return of a fugitive from justice, regardless of consent, by the authorities where the fugitive is found. Cf. RENDITION(2). international extradition. Extradition in response to a demand made by the executive of […]

extradition Read More »

surrender of criminals

surrender of criminals 罪犯引渡 一国当局把在其管辖范围内的、被他国指控犯罪、通缉或判刑的人,根据有关国家的请求,按照引渡条约或国内法的规定或以相互引渡为条件,移交给请求国审判或处罚的行为。引渡的请求一般通过外交途径提出。请求引渡的理由应是请求国和被请求国都认为是犯罪的行为。被引渡的罪犯一般只能就请求引渡时指控的罪名被审判和处罚。 (→extradition; rendition)

surrender of criminals Read More »

accounting

accounting. 1. The act or a system of establishing or settling financial accounts; esp., the process of recording transactions in the financial records of a business and periodically extracting, sorting, and summarizing the rec-orded transactions to produce a set of financial records. — Also termed financial accounting. 2. A rendition of an account, either voluntarily

accounting Read More »

writ of restitution

writ of restitution. 1. The process of enforcing a civil judgment in a forcible-entry-and-detainer action or enforcing restitution on a verdict in a criminal prosecution for forcible entry and detainer. [Cases: Forcible Entry and Detainer 41.] “In some states, following the British statutes, the prosecutor may have a writ of restitution for the premises immediately

writ of restitution Read More »

best evidence

Evidence of the highest quality available, as measured by the nature of the case rather than the thing being offered as evidence. • The term is usu. applied to writings and recordings. If the original is available, it must be offered rather than a copy or oral rendition. Fed. R. Evid. 1002. — Also termed

best evidence Read More »

Scroll to Top