A Law Glossary of the Latin, Greek, Norman, French, and Other Languages: Interspersed in the Commentaries by Sir W. Blackstone, Knt., and Various Law Treatises Upon Each Branch of the Profession: Tr. Into English, and Alphabetically Arranged, Volume 3 |
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A crime committed with an evil intent . Crimen falsi . The crime of forgery . Crimen
læsæ majestatis . The crime of offending majesty ; high treason . Cui ante
divortium . To whom , before a divorce . Cui bono . To what good . Cui de jure
pertinuit ...
A crime committed with an evil intent . Crimen falsi . The crime of forgery . Crimen
læsæ majestatis . The crime of offending majesty ; high treason . Cui ante
divortium . To whom , before a divorce . Cui bono . To what good . Cui de jure
pertinuit ...
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By way of expiation for their crimes , the persons convicted are fined in a number
of horses and horned cattle . A part of the fine is paid to the king , or to the state ;
a part to him who is injured , or to his relatives . De magna assisa eligenda .
By way of expiation for their crimes , the persons convicted are fined in a number
of horses and horned cattle . A part of the fine is paid to the king , or to the state ;
a part to him who is injured , or to his relatives . De magna assisa eligenda .
Page 57
Truly the law is too severe in punishing thefts , and at the same time unequal to
curb them ; for a simple theft is not so heinous a crime , that it should merit a
capital punishment ; nor is any punishment so great , that it can prevent those
from ...
Truly the law is too severe in punishing thefts , and at the same time unequal to
curb them ; for a simple theft is not so heinous a crime , that it should merit a
capital punishment ; nor is any punishment so great , that it can prevent those
from ...
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Fas . Right ; justice . Fefellit . He has betrayed ( or destroyed ) . Felo de se . Felon
of himself ; a self - murderer . Felonia . Felony ; a capital crime . Feloniæ , per
quas vasallus amiteret feudum . Felonies by which a vassal lost his fee . Felonice
.
Fas . Right ; justice . Fefellit . He has betrayed ( or destroyed ) . Felo de se . Felon
of himself ; a self - murderer . Felonia . Felony ; a capital crime . Feloniæ , per
quas vasallus amiteret feudum . Felonies by which a vassal lost his fee . Felonice
.
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Also a fine levied upon the hundred where the crime was committed . Muta
canum . A kennel ; a pack of hounds . Mutatis mutandis . Changing what should
be changed . Mutuatus . Borrowed ; the act of borrowing . Michel - synoth . The
great ...
Also a fine levied upon the hundred where the crime was committed . Muta
canum . A kennel ; a pack of hounds . Mutatis mutandis . Changing what should
be changed . Mutuatus . Borrowed ; the act of borrowing . Michel - synoth . The
great ...
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