An action which defies or interferes with the operation of the criminal court or constitutes an obstruction of justice. … [Read more...]

Lat. Crime. Also an accusation or charge of crime. Crimen furtl. The crime or offense of theft. Crimen incendi. The crime of burning, which included not only the modern crime of arson, but also the burning of a man. a beast, or other chattel. Britt. c. 9; Crabb, Eng. Law, 308. Crimen innominatum. The nameless crime; the crime against nature; sodomy or buggery. Crimen raptus. … [Read more...]

An action in criminal court for someone who acts in contempt of the law by disobeying or flouting court proceedings. … [Read more...]

In the civil law. The crime of falsifying; which might be committed either by writing, as by the forgery of a will or other instrument; by words, as by bearing false witness, or perjury ; and by acts, as by counterfeiting or adulterating the public money, dealing with false weights and measures, counterfeiting seals, and other fraudulent and deceitful practices. Dig. 48, 10; … [Read more...]

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...]