 | John Wade - 1874 - 1018 lapas
...and misdemeanour was, till lately, that the former occasioned a total ybr/Vt/Hrr of lamia or yoods, or both, at the common law ; and to which capital or other punishment might be added, according to the degree of guilt. But it is proper to observe, that although... | |
 | Alexander Willem Constantijn Theodoor Grothe - 1875 - 350 lapas
...subject of forfeiture , i «and describes the word as signifying an offence which occasions a i itotal forfeiture of either lands or goods, or both, at the common ««law; and to which capital or other punishment may be superadded, i «according to the degree of guilt. Capital punishment does by no t... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1876 - 658 lapas
...that which is before laid down ; viz., an offence which occasions a total forfeiture of eitheiMands, or goods, or both, at the common law; and to which capital or other punishment may be superadded, according to the degree of guilt. To explain this matter a little farther:... | |
 | Benjamin Vaughan Abbott - 1879 - 1054 lapas
...offences involving other forfeitures. Thus Blackstone has defined it to be " 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 may be superadded, according to the degree of guilt," 4 BL Com. 95; and this definition... | |
 | National cyclopaedia - 1879 - 668 lapas
...the lord. The only adequate definition of felony seems to be, an offence which formerly occasioned a total forfeiture of either lands or goods, or both, at the common law; and to which capital or other punishment might besuperaddedaccordingtothedegreeof guilt. Where the punishment was less than capital,... | |
 | Rollin Augustus Ives - 1879 - 514 lapas
...treason.1 Felonies. A felony originally was an offense which occasioned a total forfeiture of either land or goods, or both, at the common law, and to which capital or other punishment might be added according to the degree of guilt.2 Forfeiture for crime having been generally... | |
 | Seymour Frederick Harris, Frederic Philip Tomlinson - 1881 - 678 lapas
...which involved forfeiture of goods. Blackstone thus defines a felony to be " 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 may be superadded according to the degree of guilt " (a). Capital punishment, associated... | |
 | Samuel Robinson Clarke, Henry Pigott Sheppard - 1882 - 642 lapas
...two classes, namely, felonies and misdemeanors. (A) Felony is denned as 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 may be superadded, according to the degree of guilt, (i) All crimes which are made felonies... | |
 | Samuel Prentice - 1882 - 402 lapas
...Of treason we do not here treat. A felony was defined to be " an offence which occasions Definition a total forfeiture of either lands or goods or both, at the of i'olony. common law, and to which capital or other punishment may be superadded according to the... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1884 - 724 lapas
...signification no less vague and indefinite than the word criminal." Matthews v. S'.ate, 4 Ohio St. 539. forfeiture of either lands, or goods, or both, at the common law; and to which capital or other punishment may be snperadded, according to the degree of guilt. To explain this matter a little farther:... | |
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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... 
