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Felon
Felon [fr. felon, Fr.; felo, Mod. Low Lat.; fel, Sax.], one who has been convicted of felony. See FELONY.
felon
felon [Anglo-French felon fel, literally, evildoer, from Old French, probably of Germanic origin] : one who has committed a
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Felon
A person who has committed a felony
co-felon
co-felon : one who commits a felony with another
Fellon
Variant of Felon
Runround
A felon or whitlow
Accessary, or Accessory
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
Hue and Cry
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.
Piracy
of those acts of robbery and violence upon the sea, which if committed upon land wold amount to felony. Pirates hold no commission or delegated authority from any sovereign or State, empowering them to attack others. They
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