Child Stealing - Law Dictionary Search Results
Child-stealing
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Abduction
'over 18' is a defence (Ib.). (2) The offence of unlawfully taking or enticing away or detaining any child under 14 by force or fraud with intent to deprive any parent or other person having the lawful … Young Persons Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 12). (3) The Common Law misdemeanour of forcibly stealing or carrying away any person, sometimes known as kidnapping and more accurately described as assault and false imprisonment.
Kidnapping
Kidnapping [fr. kind, Dut., a child, and nap, to steal], the forcible abduction or stealing away of a man, woman, or child from their
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Thug
Act, shall have been habitually associated with any other or others for the purpose of committing robbery or child-stealing by means of or accom-panied with murder, is a thug. (Penal Code, 1860, s. 310)
Wills
a life estate passed, unless words were used to show an intention to pass the fee. As to stealing wills, see (English) Larceny Act, 1916, s. 6. Forgery of a will is a felony punishable with penal … Scotland, where, as generally in Europe, except in England and Ireland, a man cannot deprive his wife and children of a reasonable part (see REASONABLE PARTS) of his personal property. The (English) Wills Act, 1837, deals with
Sessions of the peace
Official Secrets Act, 1911. (28) Misdemeanours under ss. 20, 21, 22 of the (English) Larceny Act, 1916. (29) Child Destruction, (English) Infant Life (Preservation) Act, 1929, s. 2. Note.--Jurisdiction to try offences in bankruptcy was given by … which such justices or Recorder respectively have or has jurisdiction to try when committed by one person. (17) Stealing or injuring records or documents belonging to any court of law. (18) Stealing or destroying, or concealing, wills
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