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Defy - Law Dictionary Search Results

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Cartel

To defy or challenge...


Darer

One who dares or defies...


Defiance

The act of defying putting in opposition or provoking to combat a challenge a provocation a summons to combat...


Defier

One who dares and defies a contemner as a defier of the laws...


defy

To renounce or dissolve all bonds of affiance faith or obligation with to reject refuse or renounce...


Maugre

To defy...


Outbrave

To excel in bravery or in insolence to defy with superior courage or audacity...


Attempt

Attempt [fr. tentare, Lat.; tenter, temter, tempter, O. Fr. to try], an endeavour to commit a crime or unlawful act. Persons indicted for a felony or misdemeanour may be found guilty only of an attempt to commit the same. (English) Criminal Procedure Act, 1851, 14 & 15 Vict. c. 100, s. 9In criminal law means an overt act that is done with the intent to commit a crime but that falls short of completing the crime. Attempt is an inchoate offence distinct from the attempted crime, Black Law Dictionary 7th Edn., p. 123.What constitutes an 'attempt' is a mixed question of law and fact, depending largely on the circumstances of the particular case. 'Attempt' defies a precise and exact definition. Broadly speaking, all crimes which consist of the commission of affirmative acts are preceded by some covert or overt conduct which may be divided into three stages. The first stage exists when the culprit first entertains the idea or intention to commit an offence. In the second stage, he makes prep...


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