 | Peter Oxenbridge Thacher - 1845 - 756 lehte
...official misdemeanor, what is not a misdemeanor, either officially or otherwise. In general, a misdemeanor is an act committed or omitted in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it. (4 Bl. Com. 5.) 1. The matter charged in this indictment is not forbidden or enjoined by the bank act.... | |
 | Samuel Warren - 1845 - 1174 lehte
...individuals, or the public. Mr. Justice Blackstone defines a crime thus : "A crime, or misdemeanor, is an act committed, or omitted, in violation of a public law either forbidding or commanding it :"* butas Mr. Justice Coleridge has observed in a note to his edition of the Commentaries, it is not... | |
 | 1848 - 558 lehte
...punishable only when that resolution is capable of proof. Misdemeanors. .1 — Misdemeanors are also acts committed or omitted in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding them; but they in general denote those offences that are under the degree of felony. Felony.'] —... | |
 | 1855 - 736 lehte
...such at common law, or whether created wholly by statute. Blackstone's definition, familiar to all, is — "An act committed, or omitted, in violation...a public law either forbidding or commanding it." The same words are used by Professor Greenleaf, in 3 Greenl. $ 1. Other elementary writers have given... | |
 | John Craig (F.G.S.) - 1849 - 1148 lehte
...Bad behaviour; evil conduct; fault; uiumanagment. In LAW, MISERABLE— MISHEAR. a misdemeanour is »n act committed or omitted in violation of a public law, either forbidding or coinmanáing it. This general definition, however, comprehends both crimes and mifdtmcanours, which,... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton - 1850 - 514 lehte
...for supposed offences, without having an opportunity of making his defence.* Thirdly: That a crime is an act committed or omitted, in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it.f Fourthly: That a prosecution is, in its most precise signification, an inquiry or mode of ascertaining,... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton - 1850 - 510 lehte
...for supposed offences, without having an opportunity of making his defence.* Thirdly: That a crime is an act committed or omitted, in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it.f Fourthly: That a prosecution is, in its most precise signification, an inquiry or mode of ascertaining,... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1852 - 886 lehte
...perjury, libels, conspiracies, assaults," &c. See 4 Comm. c. I, p. 5, " A crime or misdemeanor, snys Blackstone, is an act committed or omitted in violation of a public law, cither forbidding or commanding it. This general definition comprehends both crimes and misdemeanors,... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1852 - 890 lehte
...as perjury, libels, conspiracies, assaults," Ac. See 4 Com«. c. I, p. 5, " A crime or misdemeanor, says Blackstone, is an act committed or omitted in violation of a publir law, either forbidding or commanding it. This general definition comprehends both crimes and... | |
 | Simon Greenleaf - 1853 - 636 lehte
...EVIDENCE IN PROSECUTIONS FOR CRIMES AT COMMON LAW. GENERAL PRINCIPLES. § 1. A crime is defined to be an act, committed or omitted, in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it1 In the common law, crimes are divided into three classes ; treasons, felonies, and misdemeanors.... | |
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Definition of crimes and misdemeanors.—A crime, or misdemeanor, is an act committed, or omitted, in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it. 
