单词 | Quash |
释义 | 推翻 To set aside, overthrow or annul. In criminal law, a trial court may quash an indictment where it is defective in substance or form. The Court of Appeal may quash an order or decision or make such other order (if any) as it thinks appropriate: for example Prevention of Bribery Ordinance (Cap 201) s 12AB(2)(b). Where a sentence is quashed it is void from the substitution of the new sentence and not ab initio: Hancock v Prison Cmrs [1960] 1 QB 117. See also Quashed conviction; Sentence. |
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