| 单词 | Withdrawal |
| 释义 | 撤回、撤消 The process of retracting or cancelling. Contract - An offer may be withdrawn or revoked any time before it has been accepted: Manchester Diocesan Council for Education v Commercial and General Investments Ltd [1969] 3 All ER 1593, [1970] 1 WLR 241. The withdrawal must also be communicated to the offeree in order for it to be binding: Dickinson v Dodds (1876) LR 2 Ch D 463. The offeror (or his agent) can communicate to the offeree, in any manner (Re Brewery Assets Corp, Truman’s Case [1894] 3 Ch 272), his unequivocal (Manchester Diocesan Council for Education v Commercial and General Investments Ltd [1969] 3 All ER 1593, [1970] 1 WLR 241) intention to withdraw the offer either expressly (Henthorn v Fraser [1892] 2 Ch 27 (CA)) or impliedly (Cartwright v Hoogstoel (1911) 105 LT 628). See also Acceptance; Offer; Revocation of an offer. Criminal law - 1. The revocation of consent. If a woman revokes her consent during the course of the act of intercourse, further intercourse with the appropriate mens rea is rape, as sexual intercourse is a continuing act: Kaitamaki v R [1985] AC 147, [1984] 2 All ER 435 (PC); HKSAR v Chan Sau Man [2001] 3 HKLRD 593 (CA). 2. Withdrawing an issue, a question or the case from the jury. The trial judge has the power and the duty to withdraw the issue of guilt from the jury if he considers that the evidence is insufficient to sustain a conviction, or the quality of the evidence is poor: Daley v R [1994] 1 AC 117, [1993] 4 All ER 86, [1993] 3 WLR 666 (PC). When in the judgment of the trial judge the quality of the identifying evidence is poor, as for example, a fleeting glance, or a longer observation made in difficult conditions, the judge should then withdraw the case from the jury and direct an acquittal unless there is other evidence which goes to support the correctness of the identification: R v Turnbull [1977] QB 224. If there is no evidence upon which a jury can answer the question whether the applicant was provoked into losing his self-control in the affirmative, the trial judge is entitled to withdraw from the jury this question: R v Vu Van Thang & Anor [1991] 2 HKC 90. See also Discharge of juror; Withdrawal from crime; Withdrawal of charges. Partnership and joint ventures - The retirement of a partner from a partnership or, if the partnership is of only two persons, a dissolution of the partnership. Practice and procedure - A party who has acknowledged service in an action may withdraw the acknowledgement at any time with the leave of the court: The Rules of the High Court (Cap 4A) O 21 r 1. A defendant to an action begun by writ may withdraw his defence or part of it any time or discontinue a counterclaim: O 21 r 2(1). A plaintiff may discontinue an action or counterclaim, or withdraw a particular claim made by him with the leave of the Court: O 21 r 3. 撤回或取消。 合約 - 要約可於被接納前的任何時候被撤回或撤銷：Manchester Diocesan Council for Education v Commercial and General Investments Ltd [1969] 3 All ER 1593, [1970] 1 WLR 241。撤回要具約束力必須通知受要約人：Dickinson v Dodds (1875-76) LR 2 Ch D 463。要約人（或他的代理人）可以任何方式通知受要約人（Re Brewery Assets Corp, Truman’s Case [1894] 3 Ch 272），他的明確（Manchester Diocesan Council for Education v Commercial and General Investments Ltd [1969] 3 All ER 1593, [1970] 1 WLR 241）撤回要約的意向，以明示方式（Henthorn v Fraser [1892] 2 Ch 27 （英國上訴法院））或隱含地（Cartwright v Hoogstoel (1911) 105 LT 628)。另見 Acceptance; Offer; Revocation of an offer。 刑法 - 1. 撤銷同意。由於性交是一種持續的行為，如女方在性交過程中撤銷同意，則進一步性交即構成強姦：Kaitamaki v R [1985] AC 147, [1984] 2 All ER 435（樞密院）; HKSAR v Chan Sau Man [2001] 3 HKLRD 593 （上訴法庭）。2. 從陪審團處撤回爭議、問題或案件。如主審法官認為證據不足以定罪，或證據的質素太差，則其有權及有責任從陪審團處撤回控罪：Daley v R [1994] 1 AC 117, [1993] 4 All ER 86, [1993] 3 WLR 666（樞密院）。主審法官在判決過程中，如認為證據質素太差，如捕風捉影或在艱苦條件下作出的長期觀察等，法官應立即從陪審團處撤回該案件並宣判無罪，除非另有其他證據支援證明的正確性：R v Turnbull [1977] QB 224。如陪審團沒有支援回答申請人是否被驅使在正方中喪失自製的證據，則主審法官有權從陪審團處撤回該問題：R v Vu Van Thang & Anor [1991] 2 HKC 90。另見 Discharge of juror; Withdrawal from crime; Withdrawal of charges。 合夥及 - 聯營企業 合作夥伴退出合夥企業，或如合夥企業僅由兩人構成，則意味著合夥企業解散。 常規及程序 - 在一宗訴訟中已作認收送達的一方，如經法庭許可，可在任何時間撤回該項認收：《高等法院規則》（第4A章）第21號命令第3條規則。一宗藉令狀開展的訴訟的被告人，在任何時間撤回其抗辯書或其中的任何部份，或中止反申索：第21號命令第2(1)條規則。原告人如經法庭許可，可中止任何訴訟或反申索，或撤回他在該訴訟或反申索中提出的任何特定申索：第21號命令第3條規則。n. |
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