489. Of Indictments. Grand-Jury. 491. Of the Requisites of an Indictment. 492. Of the Description of the Accused. 493. Of the Description of the Venue. 494. Of the Description of the Date of the Criminal Act. 503. Of Pleas to the Jurisdiction. 506. Of the Plea of Former Conviction. 507. Of the Plea of Former Acquittal. 509. Of the Plea of Not Guilty. 510. Of Trial. Petit-Jury. Challenges. 511. Of Evidence in Criminal Causes. 512. Of the Arguments of Counsel. 513. Of the Charge of the Judge. 514. Of the Deliberations of the Jury. The Verdict. с By the word State (spelled with a capital) is meant one of the INTRODUCTION. § 1. Of Law in General. Law, in its widest sense, is a rule of action, prescribed by a superior and which the inferior is bound to obey. Law, in its technical sense, is a rule of civil conduct, prescribed by competent political authority, commanding certain things as necessary to, and forbidding other certain things as inconsistent with, the peace and order of society. Read 1 Bl. Comm., pp. 38-44. § 2. Of International and Municipal Law. Law, in this latter sense, is of two kinds : International and Municipal. International law is that rule of civil conduct, which is prescribed by the common consent of civilized Christian nations, and regulates their intercourse with one another. Municipal law is that rule of civil conduct, which is prescribed by the supreme power in a state, and regulates the intercourse of the state with its subjects and of those subjects with each other. Read 1 Bl. Comm., pp. 44-58. 1 Kent Comm., Lect. i, pp. 1-4. Woolsey Int. Law, § 5. |