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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...] about CRIMEN

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

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...] about CRIMEN FALSI

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

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