Latin: In the civil law. The offense of stealing or embezzling the public money. Hence the common English word “peculation” but “embezzlement” is the proper legal term. 4 Bl. Comm. 121, 122.
Latin: In the civil law. The offense of stealing or embezzling the public money. Hence the common English word “peculation” but “embezzlement” is the proper legal term. 4 Bl. Comm. 121, 122.