 | Alexander Whellier - 1825 - 836 σελίδες
...consideration of those of a public nature, called CRIMES and MISDEMEANORS. A crime or misdemeanor, is an act committed or omitted, in violation of a public law either forbidding or commanding it. This definition comprehends both crimes and misdemeanors ; which are mere synonimous terms ; though the... | |
 | 1827 - 536 σελίδες
...misdemeanor or a crime, for in their just and proper acceptation they are synonymous terms, is an act committed or omitted, in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it. By this test, let the conduct of the respondent be tried, and, by it, let him stand justified or condemned.... | |
 | 1827 - 518 σελίδες
...misdemeanor or a crime, for in their just and proper acceptation they are synonymous terms, is an act committed or omitted, in violation of a public law. either forbidding or convnanding it. By this test, let the conduct of the respondent be tried, and, by it, let hinvstand... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - 1829 - 654 σελίδες
...following definition from Blackstone's Commentaries, vol. iv. p. 6. "A crime, or misdemeanour, is an act committed or omitted, in violation of a public law,...This general definition comprehends both crimes and misdemeanours ; which, properly speaking, are mere synonymous terms ; thongh, in common usage, the... | |
 | W. Jeffcott - 1830 - 82 σελίδες
...possible a definition of them, according as they present themselves. A CRIME, or misdemesnor, is an act committed, or omitted, in violation of a public law,...This general definition comprehends both crimes and misdemesnors ; 16 which, properly speaking, are mere synonymous terms ; though, in common usage, the... | |
 | Thomas Edlyne Tomlins - 1835 - 862 σελίδες
...conspiracies, assaults, &c. See 4 Comm. c. 1. p. 5. in n. A crime or misdemeanor, says Blackstone, is an act committed or omitted, in violation of a public law,...This general definition comprehends both crimes and misdemeanors ; which, properly speaking, are mere synonymous terms, though in common usage, the word... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1836 - 704 σελίδες
...of prevention. VI. The method of punishment. ....... -Page I 2. A crime, or misdemesnor, is an act committed, or omitted, in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it. 43. Crimes are distinguished from civil injuries, in that they are a breach and violation of the public... | |
 | Sir William BLACKSTONE - 1837 - 468 σελίδες
...wilful disobedience may expose us, is a matter of universal concern. A crime, or misdemeanor, is an act committed, or omitted, in violation of a public law,...This general definition comprehends both crimes and misdemeanors ; which, properly speaking, are mere synonymous terms : though, in common usage, the word... | |
 | Scotland. High Court of Justiciary, Archibald Campbell Swinton - 1838 - 688 σελίδες
...definition of what a crime is. Blackstone (Book IV. chap. 1,) lays it down, that a crime is " an act committed, or *' omitted, in violation of a public law either forbidding or " commanding it," and conformable to this is the definition of Culpable Homicide, (1. Alison, p. 1.) Blackstone's definition... | |
 | William Blackstone, John Bethune Bayly - 1840 - 764 σελίδες
...AND THEIR PUNISHMENT. A CRIME, or misdemeanor, is an act committed, or omitted, in Definition of a violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding...This general definition comprehends both crimes and misdemeanors, which, properly speaking, are mere synonymous terms, though in common usage the word... | |
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A crime, or misdemeanor, is an act committed or omitted in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it. 
