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House breaking

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Burglary

Breaking and entering the dwelling house of another in the nighttime with intent to commit a felony therein whether the felonious purpose be accomplished

Burglary

Burglary [fr. burg, Sax., a house, and larron, a thief, fr. latro, Lat.]. At Common Law burglary is the breaking and entering of the

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Domus sua cuique est tutissimum refugium

Domus sua cuique est tutissimum refugium, (To every one his own house is the safest refuge.) See Broom's Leg. Max.; Semayne's case, (1605) 5 Rep. 91; 1 Sm. L.C., 1, … case, (1605) 5 Rep. 91; 1 Sm. L.C., 1, in which the extent of a sheriff's power to break doors was discussed, and five points resolved, the first being that every man's house 'is to him as

Housebreaking

The act of breaking open and entering with a felonious purpose the dwelling house of another whether done by day or night See Burglary and To break a house under Break

break

break broke [brōk] bro·ken [brō-kən] break·ing [brā-ki] vt 1 a : violate transgress [ the law] b : to

housebreaking

housebreaking : the act of breaking into and entering the dwelling house of another for the purpose of committing

Curtilage

Pilbrow v. Vestry of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, (1895) 1 QB 433]; the limit of the premises in which house-breaking can be committed. See (English) Larceny Act, 1916, s. 46 (2), by which no building, though within the

burglary

burglary pl: -glar·ies [Anglo-French burglarie, modification of Medieval Latin burgaria, from burgare to break into (a house)] : the act of breaking and entering an inhabited structure (as a house) esp. at night with intent

Dwelling house

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