The volume is a piece of passionate special pleading, written with the heat -- and often with the wisdom, it must be said -- of a Liberal damning the shortsightedness of politicians from 1782 to 1832.

Grigson had spent 15 years testifying for such cases, and he almost invariably gave the same damning testimony, often saying that it is " one hundred per cent certain " that the defendant would kill again.

That such things should be done once is a damning disgrace to the portion of our race which did them ; that the door should be left open to their ever so barely possible repetition would spread that shame over the world!

However, Widukind does not even mention such an event in his contemporary Res gestae saxonicae sive annalium libri tres or " Deeds of the Saxons ", which, considering Widukind was at least partly writing to promote Otto I and his family, is damning to Adam of Bremen's claims.

A damning portrayal of the procedure is found in Ken Kesey's 1962 novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and its 1975 movie adaptation.

This is him investigating misogyny, exploring it and animating it and obviously damning it because none of the men come out smelling of roses.

In 2004 he surfaced in the media with a damning critique of the University of Melbourne's experimentation with what he says are risky financial ventures and what he argues is its departure from its public mission.

It is a damning judgement ".

Similar words such as " damning " or " damnation " are normally overlooked in this aspect ; the expletive is usually the only form targeted by PG or TV-PG censorship.

' In chic circles, anyone damning rock ' n ' roll is labeled not only square but uncultured.

It is in keeping with the somewhat malicious saying about Foxe, reported by William Tyndale, that he would sacrifice his father to save his king, which is not so damning as Wolsey's dying words.

" This is manifested in her overt favouritism towards the " good payers '" children, and in her complete disrespect and marginalisation of the " bad payers '" children: Mrs. Creevy is even seen to manage a better cut of meat for the children of " good payers ", while saving the fattier pieces for the " medium payers " and damning the " bad payers " children to eat brown bag lunches in the school room, apart from the rest of the students.

The intent is to bring to the public light information that is damning, shocking, outrageous, or amazing, yet also somewhat obscure or unreported by more mainstream media sources.

Firsching claims that " The fact that the film's sole spokesperson for the anti-exploitation perspective is played by porno star Kerman should give an indication of where its sympathies lie ", while Schager says Deodato is " pathetically justifying the unrepentant carnage by posthumously damning his eaten filmmaker protagonists with a ' who are the real monsters – the cannibals or us?

The turning point in the trial is Katerina's damning testimony against Dmitri.

A philippic is a fiery, damning speech, or tirade, delivered to condemn a particular political actor.

Anne is then seen typing a letter to Jack Burke and enclosing the damning photos and negatives.

Bishop Dyer is also known to have fallible characteristics, sometimes “ forgetting the minister in the fury of a common man .” With his authority, he could declare any person a heretic, and with the threat of excommunication from the Mormon sect ( causing them to “ face the damning of soul to perdition ”), force them to act in ways that would benefit the Mormon Council.

The case against Arthur seems rather damning, yet Holmes is not convinced of his guilt.

Even after he obtains a near match, however, he is still unwilling to make such a damning accusation.

The charge that the federal indictment of three Chicago narcotics detail detectives `` is the product of rumor, combined with malice, and individual enmity '' on the part of the federal narcotics unit here was made yesterday in their conspiracy trial before Judge Joseph Sam Perry in federal District court.

The recent publicity attending the successful federal prosecution of a conspiracy indictment against a number of electrical manufacturers has evoked a new respect for the anti-trust laws that is justified neither by their rationale nor by the results they have obtained.

When they fall by the wayside and fail to achieve Christian stature, it is an indictment of the Church.

In the common law, an answer is the first pleading by a defendant, usually filed and served upon the plaintiff within a certain strict time limit after a civil complaint or criminal information or indictment has been served upon the defendant.

In England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Australia, arraignment is the first of eleven stages in a criminal trial, and involves the clerk of the court reading out the indictment.

It is doubtful whether in the ordinary way persons charged with commission of this offence were dealt with by indictment.

For the purpose of section 243 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations ( Consolidation ) Act 1992, a crime means an offence punishable on indictment, or an offence punishable on summary conviction, and for the commission of which the offender is liable under the statute making the offence punishable to be imprisoned either absolutely or at the discretion of the court as an alternative for some other punishment.

A grand jury is a type of jury that determines whether a criminal indictment will be issued.

According to Finkelstein, his book is " an anatomy and an indictment of the Holocaust industry ".

An indictment ( ), in the common law system, is a formal accusation that a person has committed a crime.

In jurisdictions that maintain the concept of felonies, the most serious criminal offence is a felony ; jurisdictions that lack the concept of felonies often use that of an indictable offence — an offence that requires an indictment.

However, in both cognizable and non-cognizable offenses, the trial starts only with the " Framing of Charges " which is similar to the concept of indictment.

In England and Wales ( except in private prosecutions by individuals ) an indictment is issued by the public prosecutor ( in most cases this will be the Crown Prosecution Service ) on behalf of the Crown, i. e. the Monarch, who is the nominal plaintiff in all public prosecutions under English law.

By virtue of practice directions issued under section 75 ( 1 ) of the Supreme Court Act 1981, an indictment must be tried by a High Court judge, a Circuit judge or a recorder ( which of these it is depends on the offence ).

Such a document is usually called an information, accusation, or complaint, to distinguish it from a grand-jury indictment.

The substance of an indictment or other charging instrument is usually the same, regardless of the jurisdiction: it consists of a short and plain statement of where, when, and how the defendant allegedly committed the offense.

A direct indictment is one in which the case is sent directly to trial before a preliminary inquiry is completed or when the accused has been discharged by a preliminary inquiry.

An indictment can be sealed so that it stays non-public until it is unsealed.

In many common law jurisdictions ( e. g. the Republic of Ireland, Canada, Hong Kong, India, Australia, New Zealand ), an indictable offence is an offence which can only be tried on an indictment after a preliminary hearing to determine whether there is a prima facie case to answer or by a grand jury ( in contrast to a summary offence ).

In the United States, a crime of similar severity is a felony, although it too proceeds after an indictment.

In relation to England and Wales, the expression " indictable offence " means an offence which, if committed by an adult, is triable on indictment, whether it is exclusively so triable or triable either way ; and the term " indictable ", in its application to offences, is to be construed accordingly.