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VIOLENCE

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The abuse of force. That force which is employed against common right, against the laws, and against public liberty. In cases of robbery, in order to convict the accused, it is requisite to prove that the act was done with violence; but this violence is not confined to an actual assault of the person, by beating, knocking down, or forcibly wresting from him on the contrary, … [Read more...]

VIOLENT

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Characterized or caused by violence; severe; assailing the person (and metaphorically, the mind) with a great degree of force. Violent death. Death caused by violent external means, as distinguished from natural death, caused by disease or the wasting of the vital forces. Violent presumption. In the law of evidence. Proof of a fact by the proof of circumstances which … [Read more...]

VIOLENT CRIME

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Crimes involving the use of significant force, e.g. battery. … [Read more...]

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