Arson - Law Dictionary Search Results
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arson [Anglo-French arsoun, alteration of Old French arsin, literally, conflagration, from ars, past participle of ardre to burn] : the act or crime of willfully, wrongfully, and unjustifiably setting property on fire often for the purpose of committing fraud (as on an insurance company) ar·son·ist [-ist] n ...
Arson
Arson [fr. ardeo, Lat., to burn], the malicious firing of a house or other building. The law upon this subject is to be found in the (English) Malicious Damage Act, 1861, ss. 1-8. As to maliciously setting fire to ships, see ss. 42-44; to crops, etc., ss. 16-18; to coalmines, s. 26.Means, at common law, the malicious burning of someone else's dwelling house or outhouse that is either appurtenant to the dwelling house or within the curtilage, Black Law Dictionary 7th Edn., p. 106....
Arson clause
Arson clause, means an insurance policy provision that excludes coverage of a loss due to fire if the insured intentionally started the fire, Black Law Dictionary 7th Edn., p. 106....
Crimen incendii
Crimen incendii, arson. See ARSON....
moral hazard
moral hazard : the possibility of loss to an insurance company (as by arson) arising from the character or circumstances of the insured [deductibles decrease moral hazard] ...
fire raising
malicious burning to destroy property arson...
Incendiarism
The act or practice of maliciously setting fires arson...
Burning of house
Burning of house, outhouses, etc. See ARSON, and Malicious Damage Act, 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 97), ss. 1 et seq...
Crime of violence
Crime of violence, is whether the has been the infliction or threat of force or the doing of a hostile act, R (August) v. Criminal Injuries Panel (CA), (2001) 2 WLR 1452.May be committed when there is no use of force, but the victim is put in reasonable fear of immediate physical harm, Regina (August) v. Criminal Injuries Panel (CA), (2001) 2 WLR 1452.Includes personal injury caused by arson and by poisoning, R. (August) v. Criminal Injuries Panel (CA), (2001) QB LR 774....
Criminal Law
Criminal Law. Consult Archbold's Criminal Pleading; Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Criminal Law'; Stephen's Digest of the Criminal Law; Russell on Crimes; and see titles ARSON, ASSAULT, BURGLARY, EMBEZZLE-MENT, FALSE PRETENCES, LARCENY, MAN-SLAUGHTER, MURDER, RAPE, TREASON, and WOUNDING.The body of law defining offenses against the community at large, regulating how suspects are investigated, charged, and tried, and establishing punishment for convicted offenders, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn....
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