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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... "
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 197
1855
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A Treatise of the Pleas of the Crown; Or, A System of the Principal Matters ...

William Hawkins - Justice, Administration of - 1777 - 830 pages
...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...
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Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books, Volume 4

William Blackstone - Law - 1791 - 528 pages
...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...
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Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts ..., Volume 7, Part 1

Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 446 pages
...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...
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Principles and Practice of Naval and Military Courts Martial: With ..., Volume 1

John M'Arthur - Courts-martial and courts of inquiry - 1805 - 494 pages
...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...
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The Office and Duty of a Justice of the Peace, and a Guide to Sheriffs ...

Henry Potter - Justices of the peace - 1816 - 474 pages
...more than the law allows, may be indicted for extortion. See Extortions FELONY. Felony is an offence which occasions a total forfeiture of either lands...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...
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A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanors, Volume 1

William Oldnall Russell - Criminal law - 1824 - 594 pages
...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 lands...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...
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Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books, Volume 1

Sir William Blackstone - Law - 1825 - 576 pages
...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,...the degree of guilt. To explain this matter a little farther : the word felony or Jelonia, is of undoubted feodal original, being frequently to be met with...
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Commentaries on the laws of England. [Another], Volume 4

sir William Blackstone - Law - 1825 - 584 pages
...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,...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,...
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A Treatise on Crimes and Indictable Misdemeanors, Volume 1

William Oldnall Russell - Criminal law - 1826 - 780 pages
...excellent writer, recurs to the subject of forfeiture, and describes the word as signifying — an offence which occasions a total forfeiture of either lands...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...
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A Treatise on Crimes and Indictable Misdemeanors, Volume 1

William Oldnall Russell - Criminal law - 1826 - 788 pages
...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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