 So that, upon the whole, the only adequate definition of felony seems to be that which is' before laid down, viz., an offence which occasions a total forfeiture of either lands or goods, or both, at the common law, and to which capital or other punishment...  A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanors - Sida 86efter William Oldnall Russell - 1824Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | William Hawkins - 1777 - 830 sidor
...punifhed. ibid. i : The true definition of felony is " an offence which occafions a total forfeiture of lands or goods or both at the common law and to which capital or other punimment map be fuperadded according to the degree of guilt." ibid. 13 Capital punimment may be inflifted... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1791 - 528 sidor
...definition of felony feems to be that which is before lai-J down ; viz. an offence which occa- I (ions a total forfeiture of either lands, or goods, or both,...at the common law ; and to which capital or other punifhment may be fuperadded, according to die degree of guilt. To explain this matter a little farther... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 446 sidor
...definition of felony fri-ms to be that which is before laid down ; viz. an Offence which occafions a total Forfeiture of either lands or goods, or both,...the common law ; and to which •capital or other punimment may be fuperadded, according to the degree of guilt. To explain this matter a little farther... | |
 | John M'Arthur - 1805 - 494 sidor
...offences, and offences only criminal and not capital. Felony is defined to be an offence which occafions a total forfeiture of either lands or goods, or both, at the common law; and to which capital or other punifliment may be fuperadded, according to the degree of guilt *. The true criterion of felony is... | |
 | Thomas Walter Williams - 1808 - 906 sidor
...' H.iicl. f . 95. i. V. hre of lands or goods, an inseparable incident to felony. 4 Black. Cam. 97. But the idea of felony is so generally connected with that of capital punishment, that we find it hard to separate them, IM! to this usage the interpretations of the law... | |
 | Henry Potter - 1816 - 474 sidor
...officer taking more than the law allows, may be indicted for extortion. See Extortions FELONY. Felony is an offence which occasions a total forfeiture of either...or goods, or both, at the common law, and to which capiud or other punishment may be superadded according to the degree of guilt. All offences now capital... | |
 | Sir William Blackstone - 1825 - 576 sidor
...the whole the only adequate definition of felony seems to be that which is before laid down ; viz. an offence which occasions a total forfeiture of either...may be superadded, according to the degree of guilt. To explain this matter a little farther : the word felony or Jelonia, is of undoubted feodal original,... | |
 | sir William Blackstone - 1825 - 584 sidor
...the whole the only adequate definition of felony seems to be that which is before laid down ; viz. an offence which occasions a total forfeiture of either...may be superadded, according to the degree of guilt. i To explain this matter a little farther : the word felony or jelonia, is of undoubted feodal original,... | |
 | William Oldnall Russell - 1826 - 780 sidor
...an excellent writer, recurs to the subject of forfeiture, and describes the word as signifying — an offence which occasions a total forfeiture of either...felony is so generally connected with that of capital punishment, that it is hard to separate them ; and to this usage the interpretations of the law have... | |
 | William Oldnall Russell - 1826 - 788 sidor
...to the subject of forfeiture, and describes the word as signifying — an offence which occasion» a total forfeiture of either lands or goods, or both,...felony is so generally connected with that of capital punishment, that it is hard to separate them ; and to this usage the interpretations of the law have... | |
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