- The rule of
lenity, also
called the rule of
strict construction, is a
principle in
criminal law that
requires a
court to
interpret an
ambiguous or unclear...
-
convicted by the
court when
doubts about their guilt remain. The rule of
lenity is the
doctrine that
ambiguity should be
resolved in
favour of the more...
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cases in
which legal texts are ambiguous. In
criminal law, the rule of
lenity holds that
where a
criminal statute is ambiguous, the
meaning most favorable...
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Baude states that "there is no such defense,
there was no such mistake, and
lenity [warning]
should not apply. And even if
these things were otherwise, the...
- steadiness, and
vigilance of that man,
joined to the
greatest possible lenity in his
character and his politics,
preserved the
crown to this
royal family;...
- slaves, or such as are born in a man's own house, are
treated with more
lenity than
those which are
purchased with money. ... But
these restrictions on...
- rule of
lenity and held that the two-year
maximum ought to have applied. The
Supreme Court overturned that
court and said the rule of
lenity did not apply...
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fundamental rights can be
overridden by
clear and
unambiguous language. Rule of
lenity In
construing an
ambiguous criminal statute, the
court should resolve the...
- exist. One of his officers, Lord Percy, remarked, "The general's
great lenity and
moderation serve only to make them [the colonists] more
daring and insolent...
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attachment to Don Carlos. Some few
years after, the
prince having shown great lenity and
favour to the
Protestants in the Netherlands, the
inquisition loudly...
