 | 1872 - 218 lehte
...synonymous terms; though, in common usage, the word "crimes" is made to tleñote such offences as are ol a deeper and more atrocious dye ; while smaller faults,...omissions of less consequence, are comprised under the gentler пaшe of misdemeanors only."* Mr. Sergeant Stephens in his Commentaries gives the following... | |
 | David Paul Brown - 1873 - 442 lehte
...forbidding or commanding it. This general definition comprehends both crimes and misdemeanors, which properly speaking are mere synonymous terms: though...consequence, are comprised under the gentle name of misdemeanor only." " In making the distinction between public wrongs and private, between crimes and... | |
 | Edward Livingston, Salmon Portland Chase - 1873 - 600 lehte
...according to the language of Blackstone (a), " being used to denote such offences as are of a deeper dye ; while smaller faults, and omissions of less consequence, are comprised under the gentler name of misdemeanors." "While the terms were retained, it was (a) Black. Com. 5. necessary... | |
 | Great Britain. Courts - 1873 - 550 lehte
...though in common usage the word ' crimes' is made to denote offences of a deeper and more atro cious dye, while smaller faults and omissions of less consequence are comprised under the gentler name of ' misdemeanors :' Bl. Com. lib. 4, c. 1. But the act done or omitted, in order to be... | |
 | Archibald Brown - 1874 - 510 lehte
...which, properly speaking, are mere synonymous terms, though in common usage the word " crimes "' is made to denote such offences as are of a deeper and more...omissions of less consequence are comprised under the milder term of misdemeanors only. In the English Law the word " misdemeanor " is generally used in... | |
 | John Gaylord Wells - 1875 - 628 lehte
...though, in common usage, the word crime is made to denote such offenses as are of a more atrocious kind ; while smaller faults and omissions of less consequence are comprised under the gentler name of Misdemeanors. MISFEASAKCE. — A trespass ; the improper doing of an act which a person... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Samuel Townsend Douglass - 1878 - 598 lehte
...mere synonymous terms; though, in common usage, the word ' Crimes ' is made to denote such offenses as are of a deeper and more atrocious dye; while smaller...omissions of less consequence, are comprised under the gentler name of ' misdemeanors ' only." We must, then, consider the term " criminal offense," in its... | |
 | John Gaylord Wells - 1879 - 622 lehte
...though, in common usage, the word crime is made to denote such offenses as arc of a more atrocious kind ; while smaller faults and omissions of less consequence are comprised under the gentler name of Misdemeanors. MISFEASANCE. — A trespass; the improper doing of an act which i> person... | |
 | Archibald Brown - 1880 - 648 lehte
...which, properly speaking, are more synonymous terms, though in common usage the word "crimes" is made to denote such offences as are of a deeper and more...omissions of less consequence are comprised under tlie milder term of misdemeanors only. In the Englieh Law the word "misdemeanor" is generally used... | |
 | 1888 - 1906 lehte
...are synonymous terms, though in common usage. The word 'crimes' is made to denote such offenses MS are of a deeper and more atrocious dye, while smaller...omissions of less consequence are comprised under the gentler name of 'misdemeanors' only." But the term is sometimes, and not seldom, used in and out of... | |
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A crime, or misdemeanor, is an act committed or omitted in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it. This general definition comprehends both crimes and misdemeanors ; which, properly speaking, are mere synonymous terms : though in... 
