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felon [Anglo-French felon fel, literally, evildoer, from Old French, probably of Germanic origin] : one who has committed a felony ...
Felon
Felon [fr. felon, Fr.; felo, Mod. Low Lat.; fel, Sax.], one who has been convicted of felony. See FELONY....
co-felon
co-felon : one who commits a felony with another ...
Accessary, or Accessory
Accessary, or Accessory [particeps criminis quasi accedens ad culpam, Lat. As though assenting to the offence], he who is not a chief actor at a felony, nor present at its perpetration, but yet is in some way concerned therein, either before or after the fact committed. An accessory before the fact is one who being absent at the time of the commission of the felony, yet procures, counsels, or commands another to commit a crime. Absence is necessary to make him an accessory, for if he be present, he becomes a principal. An accessory after the fact is one who, knowing a felony to have been committed, receives, relieves, comforts, or assists the felon; but a wife may lawfully receive, comfort and assist her husband, though knowing him to be a felon. In treason and misdemeanours there are no accessories, either before or after the offence, every person implicated being a principal [see (English) Accessories and Abettors Act, 1861, s. 8, and Du Cross v. Lambourne, (1907) 1 KB 40]. In mansla...
Hue and Cry
Hue and Cry [fr. huer, Fr. to shout; crier, to cry aloud; hutesium et clamor, Lat.], the old common law process of pursuing with horn and voice felons and such as have dangerously wounded another. It may be raised by constables, or private persons, or both. If the constable or peace officer concur in the pursuit, he has the same power, etc., as if acting under a magistrate's warrant. All who join in a hue and cry, whether a constable be present or not, are justified in the apprehension of the person pur-sued, though it turn out that he is innocent; and where he takes refuge in a house, may break open the door, if admittance be refused; and by the Sheriffs Act, 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. c. 55), re-enacting 3 Edw. 1, c. 9, 'Every person in a county must be ready and appareled at the command of the sheriff, and at the cry of the country to arrest a felon,' and in default 'shall on conviction be liable to a fine.' But if a man wantonly or maliciously raise a hue and cry, he is liable to fine and...
felony
felony pl: -nies : a crime that has a greater punishment imposed by statute than that imposed on a misdemeanor ;specif : a federal crime for which the punishment may be death or imprisonment for more than a year see also attainder, treason NOTE: Originally in English law a felony was a crime for which the perpetrator would suffer forfeiture of all real and personal property as well as whatever sentence was imposed. Under U.S. law, there is no forfeiture of all of the felon's property (real or personal) and such forfeiture is not part of the definition of a felony. For certain crimes, however (as for a conviction under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act or a narcotics law), specific property, such as that used in or gained by the crime, is subject to forfeiture. Every state has its own statutory definition of a felony. Most are in line with the federal definition of a felony as a crime which carries a sentence of imprisonment for more than one year or the death ...
penitentiary
penitentiary pl: -ries : a state or federal prison for the punishment and reformation of convicted felons compare house of correction, house of detention, jail, lockup ...
Fellon
Variant of Felon...
Felon
A person who has committed a felony...
Felonous
Wicked felonious...
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