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Abduction
forcibly stealing or carrying away any person, sometimes known as kidnapping and more accurately described as assault and false imprisonment. Where the person carried away is taken abroad the offence falls within the (English) Habeas Corpus Act, … Abduction: (1) The forcible or fradulent taking away of a woman. It is felony:- (a) Where any person from motives of lucre takes away or detains any woman who has any interest in any property (even
Larceny
see Oppenheimer v. Frazer, (1907) 2 KB 50, and Lake v. Simmons, (1926) 2 KB 51, and see FALSE PRETENCES. If a delivery be obtained from the owner by a person having animus furandi at the time, … Larceny [fr. larcin, Fr.; latrocinium, Lat.], contracted from latrociny, the unlawful taking and carrying away of things personal, with intent to deprive the rightful owner of the same. Larceny is a felony, and is either simple
Reward
several years in England on the ground that persons committed crimes for the purpose of obtaining them by false accusations, and the Home Office, though urgently requested to offer a reward for the discovery of a series … Courts may order the sheriff of the county, in which certain offences have been committed, to pay the person active in or towards the apprehension of persons charged with felonies a reasonable sum to compensate for expense,
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Jactitation of marriage
Jactitation of marriage, means (1) False and action-able boasting or claiming that one is married to another (2) An action against a person who … (1) False and action-able boasting or claiming that one is married to another (2) An action against a person who falsely boasts of being married to the complaint, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 838.
Jactitation
Jactitation [fr. jactito, Lat., to boast], a false pretension to marriage, Canon Law. The suit of actitation of marriage (jactitationis matri-monii causa), though a rare proceeding, … (20 & 21 Vict. c. 85), s. 6 (replaced by (English) Judicature Act, 1925, s. 21), when a person falsely boasts that he or she is married to another whereby a reputation of their marriage may ensue.
Conspirators
those who bind themselves by oath, covenant, or other alliance, that each of them shall aid the other falsely and maliciously to indict persons; or falsely to move and maintain pleas, etc., 33 Edw. 1, st. 2. … oath, covenant, or other alliance, that each of them shall aid the other falsely and maliciously to indict persons; or falsely to move and maintain pleas, etc., 33 Edw. 1, st. 2. Besides these, there are conspirators
Deceive
Deceive, is to induce a man to believe a thing to be true which is false and which the person practising the deceit knows or believes to be false, London and Globe Finance Corpn. … is to induce a man to believe a thing to be true which is false and which the person practising the deceit knows or believes to be false, London and Globe Finance Corpn. Ltd. (in re:), (1903)
Falsi crimen
and make things appear otherwise than they are. It is committed:-(1) By words, as when a witness swears falsely; (2) by writing, as when a person antedates a contract; (3) by deed, as selling by false weights … are. It is committed:-(1) By words, as when a witness swears falsely; (2) by writing, as when a person antedates a contract; (3) by deed, as selling by false weights and measures.
Defamation
Defamation, an intentional false communication, either published or publicly spoken, that injures another's reputation or good name, holding up of a person … false communication, either published or publicly spoken, that injures another's reputation or good name, holding up of a person to reduce, Scorn or contempt in a respectable an considerable part of the community; may be criminal as
qui tam action
of a government against a party alleged to have violated a statute esp. against defrauding the government through false claims and that provides for part of a penalty to go to the person bringing the action [the … qui tam action : an action that is brought by a person on behalf of a government against a party alleged to have violated a statute esp. against defrauding the
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