 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...  The Calcutta Review Volume XLIII - Página 386por R.C. Lepage - 1866Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | William Hawkins - 1777 - 830 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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... | |
 | Henry Potter - 1816 - 474 páginas
...Any officer taking more than the law allows, may be indicted for extortion. See Extortions FELONY. Felony is an offence which occasions a total forfeiture...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... | |
 | William Oldnall Russell - 1824 - 594 páginas
...392. And the act of . adequate definition of it is stated by an excellent writer to be this, namely, an offence which occasions a total forfeiture of either...may be superadded according to the degree of guilt, (a) Capital punishment does by no means enter into the true definition of felony ; but the idea of... | |
 | sir William Blackstone - 1825 - 584 páginas
...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,... | |
 | Sir William Blackstone - 1825 - 576 páginas
...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,... | |
 | William Oldnall Russell - 1826 - 780 páginas
...an excellent writer, recurs to the subject of forfeiture, and describes the word as signifying — an offence which occasions a total forfeiture of either...may be superadded according to the degree of guilt, (a) Capital punishment does by no means enter into the true definition of felony : but the idea of... | |
 | William Oldnall Russell - 1826 - 788 páginas
...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,...be superadded •according to the degree of guilt, (a) Capital punishment does by no means enter into the true definition of felony : but the idea of... | |
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