- The rule of
lenity, also
called the rule of
strict construction, is a
principle of
criminal statutory interpretation that
requires that when a law is unclear...
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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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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...
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lenire leniency, lenient, leniment, lenis, lenition, lenitive, lenitude,
lenity leon- lion
Latin leo,
leonis dandelion, Leo, leonine,
Leopold lep- flake...
- 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...
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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...
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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...
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gentle leniency, lenient, leniment, lenis, lenition, lenitive, lenitude,
lenity lens lent-
lentil lens, lenticel, lenticular,
lentiform lentus lent- lentic...
- had been
properly instructed” and
therefore was
harmless error. Rule of
lenity Counterman v.
Colorado 18 U.S.C. § 875(c). "Elonis v.
United States". SCOTUSblog...
