 | Robert Johnson, John Swift Emerson - 1805 - 250 페이지
...make thefe circumftances the fources of municipal obligation. A municipal offence may, therefore, be defined to be " an act committed or omitted in violation of a public. " law forbidding or commanding. it, by a perfon bound. " to obey that law." <• , ' .'. Authority, I mean rightful authority, and obedience,... | |
 | Oliver Lorenzo Barbour - 1841 - 834 페이지
...complainant." TREATISE, &c. BOOK I. Of Crimes in General ; and of CHAPTER I. (Erftnes fn A crime has been defined to be an act committed or omitted in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it.(a) Our revised statutes have affixed a precise technical meaning... | |
 | George Bowyer - 1841 - 742 페이지
...prevents or punishes, enough has already been said. A crime or misdemeanour is defined by Blackstone to be an act committed, or omitted, in violation of a public 1 Cremani, de Jur. Crim. vol. iii. lib. iii. cip 212, 213. 2 It is, however, necessary to observe that... | |
 | Arkansas. Supreme Court - 1846 - 628 페이지
...could not do so without the necessity of indictment or presentment. A crime or misdemeanor is denned to be "an act committed, or omitted, in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it." This general definition comprehends both crimes and misdemeanors,... | |
 | Simon Greenleaf - 1853 - 636 페이지
...TAUT V. OF EVIDENCE IN PROSECUTIONS FOR CRIMES AT COMMON LAW. GENERAL PRINCIPLES. § 1. A crime is defined to be an act, committed or omitted, in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it1 In the common law, crimes are divided into three classes ; treasons,... | |
 | Joel Prentiss Bishop - 1858 - 1012 페이지
...what is called a criminal proceeding, in its own name. Blackstone defines " a crime or misdemeanor " to be, " an act committed or omitted in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it." 2 But his definition fails in precision ; neither is ours as apt... | |
 | Simon Greenleaf - 1876 - 580 페이지
...PROSECUTIONS FOR CRIMES AT COMMON LAW. GENERAL PRINCIPLES. § 1. Crime defined. A crime is df fined to be an act, committed or omitted, in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it.i In the common law, crimes are divided into three classes : treasons,... | |
 | 1902 - 2074 페이지
...penalty, there is no provision for punishment therefor under the criminal laws. A crime is well known to be "an act committed or omitted in violation of a public law forbidding or commanding it." Bouv. Law Diet. If such law be supplemented by a provision imposing some punishment or penalty for... | |
 | California - 1881 - 806 페이지
...to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or profit in this state. 1. Crime, Definitions ol—" An act committed or omitted in violation of a public law forbidding or commanding it." 4 Bl. Com. 5. " A breach and violation of the public rights and duties due to the whole community considered... | |
 | Eugene St. Julien Cox - 1882 - 1064 페이지
...the progress of this trial. I read from the first volume of Bou vicr's law dictionary. A crime is " An act committed or omitted in violation of a public law forbidding or commanding it." A misdemeanor, "a term used to express any offense inferior to felony, punishable by indictment. The... | |
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A crime or misdemeanour has also been defined to be • an act committed or omitted in violation of a public law forbidding or commanding it. 
