Corruptibility

Corruption of blood

Corruption of blood (now abolished), one of the immediate consequences of attainder for treason or felony. The blood of the attainted person was said to be corrupted or attainted both upwards and down wards, so that he could neither in her it lands nor hereditaments, retain the possession of those in his possession, nor transmit them by descent to any heir, but the same escheated to the lord of the fee, subject to the king's superior right of forfeiture, 4 Bl. Com. 388. See ATTAINDER....

Corruptingly

In a manner that corrupts...

Corruptive

Having the quality of tainting or vitiating tending to produce corruption...

Corruptness

The quality of being corrupt...

Corruptible

Capable of being made corrupt subject to decay...

rico (racketeer influenced and corrupt organization act)

rico (racketeer influenced and corrupt organization act) A federal (or state) law designed to investigate, control and prosecute organized crime, and to combat the infiltration of organized crime into legitimate business. Source: FindLaw ...

corrupt practices act

corrupt practices act : a law regulating the amount and source of political campaign contributions and requiring detailed reports of expenditures ...

Deprave and corrupt

Deprave and corrupt, refer to the effect of a porno-graphic publication on the mind, including the emotions, it is not necessary that any physical (or 'overt') sexual activity should result, DPP v. Whyte, (1992) AC 849....

Bribe

Bribe, a fit to any person in office or holding a position of trust, with the object of inducing him to disregard his official duty or betray his trust for the benefit of the giver. It is a misdemeanour at common law for a public officer, whether judicial or ministerial, to accept a bribe, or for such an officer to conspire with others that he shall receive such a bribe, Rex v. Whitaker, (1914) 3 KB 1283. It has long been settled law that the secret profits of an agent belong to his principal: see De Busche v. Alt, (1878) 8 Ch D 286. The acceptance of a secret commission from the other side to a negotiation justifies the dismissal of the agent receiving it, Boston Deep Sea Fishery v. Ansell, (1888) 39 Ch D 339. The bribery of an agent avoids a contract: see Shipway v. Broadwood, (1899) 1 QB 369, where a veterinary surgeon employed to test horses by the purchaser had passed them after acceptance of a bribe from the seller. In such a case it is an immaterial inquiry to what extent the br...

The quality of being corruptible the possibility or liability of being corrupted corruptibleness...

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