 | Octavius Pickering, William Howard Gardiner - 1821 - 238 pages
...misdemeanors, (according to their legal acceptation) are merely synonymous ; and that they each ioiport, " an act committed or omitted in violation of a public law, either forbidding o'r commanding it." If then it be inquired, what is the precise description of those crimes or misdemeanors of the public... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, John Bayly Moore - 1822 - 670 pages
...where the very doctrine I am now stating is to be found. His words are (a), "A crime or misdemeanor, is an act committed, or omitted, in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it. This general definition comprehends both crimes and misdemeanors, which, properly speaking, are mere... | |
 | Sir William BLACKSTONE, Vincent WANOSTROCHT - 1823 - 872 pages
...therefore in all cases the proper prosecutor for every public offence. I. A crime, or misdemeanor, is an act committed or omitted in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it. This general definition comprehends both crimes and misdemeanors ; which, properly speaking, are mere... | |
 | 1823 - 880 pages
...definition from Blackstonc's Commentaries, vol. iv. 5. " A crime, or misdemeanour, is an act committal or omitted, in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it. This general definition comprehends both crimes and misdemeanours ; which, properly speaking, are mere... | |
 | Nathan Dane - 1824 - 764 pages
...CXCVII. CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. ART. 1. General principles. 4 Bl Com 6, $ 1 • " A crime or misdemeanor, is an act committed or omitted, in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it." Crimes and misdemeanors are, in fact, synonymous ; but crimes generally signify higher, and misdemeanors... | |
 | sir William Blackstone - 1825 - 584 pages
...proceed now to consider (in the first place) the general nature of crimes. I. A CRIME, or misdemesnor, is an act committed, or omitted, in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it. This general definition comprehends both crimes and misdemesnors ; which, properly speaking, are mere... | |
 | Alexander Whellier - 1825 - 836 pages
...consideration of those of a public nature, called CRIMES and MISDEMEANORS. A crime or misdemeanor, is an act committed or omitted, in violation of a public law either forbidding or commanding it. This definition comprehends both crimes and misdemeanors ; which are mere synonimous terms ; though... | |
 | Sir William Blackstone - 1825 - 576 pages
...proceed now to consider (in the first place) the general nature of crimes. I. A CRIME, or misdemeanor, is an act committed, or omitted, in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it. This general definition comprehends both crimes and misdemesnors ; which, properly speaking, are mere... | |
 | 1827 - 520 pages
...significations ; a misdemeanor or a crime, for in their just and proper acceptation they are synonymous terms, is an act committed or omitted, in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it. By this test, let the conduct of the respondent be tried, and, by it, let him stand justified or condemned.... | |
 | 1827 - 518 pages
...significations ; a misdemeanor or a crime, for in their just and proper acceptation they are synonymous terms, is an act committed or omitted, in violation of a public law. either forbidding or convnanding it. By this test, let the conduct of the respondent be tried, and, by it, let hinvstand... | |
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A crime, or misdemeanor, is an act committed or omitted in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it. 
