crim. law. This phrase is usually employed to denote the crime of adultery. It is abbreviated crim. con. 2. The remedy for criminal conversation is, by an action on the case for damages. That the plaintiff connived, or assented to, his wife's infidelity, or that he prostituted her for gain, is a complete answer to the action. See Connivance. But the facts that the wife's … [Read more...] about CRIMINAL CONVERSATION
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CRIMEN LAESAE MAJESTATIS
In criminal law. The crime of lesae majestatis, or injuring majesty or royalty; high treason. The term was used by the older English law writers to denote any crime affecting the king's person or dignity. It is borrowed from the civil law, in which it signified the undertaking of any enterprise against the emperor or the republic Inst. 4, 18, 3. Crimen ISBSSB majestatis omnia … [Read more...] about CRIMEN LAESAE MAJESTATIS
CRIMINAL COURT
Court where criminal actions are adjudicated, as opposed to civil court. … [Read more...] about CRIMINAL COURT
CRIMEN OMNIA EX SE NATA VITIAT
Latin, meaning Crime vitiates every thing which springs from it. … [Read more...] about CRIMEN OMNIA EX SE NATA VITIAT
CRIMINAL INSANITY
A defense that may be raised to a crime. Essentially, the defendant claims that the suffering of a mental defect or disease prevents the person from understanding and appreciating the wrongfulness of his or her actions or to distinguish right from wrong. For example, those who are deemed criminally insane are unable to be convicted of a crime since the crime involves a … [Read more...] about CRIMINAL INSANITY