Law Lexicon, Or Dictionary of Jurisprudence: Explaining the Technical Words and Phrases Employed in the Several Departments of English Law : Including the Various Legal Terms Used in Commercial Transactions : Together with an Explanatory as Well as Literal Translation of the Latin Maxims Contained in the Writings of the Ancient and Modern Commentators |
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... offence is of three kinds , viz . ( 1. ) Kidnapping ; ( 2. ) Carrying away infant - females under sixteen ; and ( 3. ) Stealing heiresses . - See these treated of under their respective heads . ABBREVIATION , an abridging or contrac ...
... offence is of three kinds , viz . ( 1. ) Kidnapping ; ( 2. ) Carrying away infant - females under sixteen ; and ( 3. ) Stealing heiresses . - See these treated of under their respective heads . ABBREVIATION , an abridging or contrac ...
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... offence . The offender may be found guilty of an at- tempt to commit the crime , where the evidence does not prove the completion of the offence charged , and be liable to the same consequences as if charged with the attempt only . - 14 ...
... offence . The offender may be found guilty of an at- tempt to commit the crime , where the evidence does not prove the completion of the offence charged , and be liable to the same consequences as if charged with the attempt only . - 14 ...
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... offence ) . He who is not a chief actor in a felony , nor present at its per- petration , but yet is in some way concerned therein , either before or after the fact committed . An accessary before the fact is one who , being absent at ...
... offence ) . He who is not a chief actor in a felony , nor present at its per- petration , but yet is in some way concerned therein , either before or after the fact committed . An accessary before the fact is one who , being absent at ...
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... offence committed or alleged to have been committed on the high seas and other places within the jurisdiction of the Ad- miralty of England , and to deliver the gaol of Newgate of any person or persons committed to or detained therein ...
... offence committed or alleged to have been committed on the high seas and other places within the jurisdiction of the Ad- miralty of England , and to deliver the gaol of Newgate of any person or persons committed to or detained therein ...
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... offence is only punishable by eccle- siastical censure and penance , pro salute animæ et reformatione morum ; the temporal courts do not take any cognizance of it as a public wrong . It is by these courts considered only as a civil ...
... offence is only punishable by eccle- siastical censure and penance , pro salute animæ et reformatione morum ; the temporal courts do not take any cognizance of it as a public wrong . It is by these courts considered only as a civil ...
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