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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 or accompanied with circumstances of aggravation:(1) Simple larceny at Common Law, or plain theft. To constitute the offence there must be an unlawful taking, which implies that the goods must pass from the possession of a true owner (including one who has a qualified property only in the goods, as a bailee), and without his consent; where there is, then, no change of possession, or a change of it by consent, or a change from the possession of a person without title to that of the true owner, there cannot be a larceny. As to the difference between property parted with by the owner of his own free will, however fradulently influenced, in other words, between property 'entrusted' and 'possession by a trick,' see Oppenheimer v. Frazer, (1907) 2 KB 50, and Lake v. S...
larceny
larceny pl: -nies [modification of Anglo-French larcine theft, from Old French larrecin, from Latin latrocinium robbery, from latron- latro mercenary soldier, brigand] : the unlawful taking and carrying away of personal property with the intent to deprive the rightful owner of it permanently ;also : any of several types of theft (as embezzlement or obtaining another's property by false pretenses) that have been traditionally distinguished from larceny NOTE: Under the Model Penal Code and in states that follow it, larceny is a type of theft. In states where larceny is currently defined as a separate crime, it may include the crimes that were distinct from it under common law. grand larceny : felonious larceny of property having a value greater than an amount fixed by law ;also : larceny accompanied by aggravating circumstances (as the use of threats) larceny by trick : larceny of property obtained by the use of misrepresentation esp. in getting an owner to hand over something i...
Simple larceny
Simple larceny, stealing for which no special punishment is provided under the Larceny Act, 1916, or any other Act, Larceny Act, 1916, s. 2. See LARCENY....
petty larceny
petty larceny : petit larceny at larceny ...
Mixed larceny
Mixed larceny, otherwise called compound or complicated larceny, that which is combined with circumstances of aggravation, as violence to the person, or taking from a house. See LARCENY....
grand larceny
grand larceny see larceny ...
larceny by trick
larceny by trick see larceny ...
larceny from the person
larceny from the person see larceny ...
petit larceny
petit larceny see larceny ...
Larceny (Advertisement) Act, 1870 (English)
Larceny (Advertisement) Act, 1870 (English) (33 & 34 Vict. c. 65). By the Larceny Act,1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 96), s. 102, a penalty of 50l. is imposed on any person publishing an advertisement for the return of stolen goods 'without questions being asked,' recoverable by anyone suing for it. This leading to vexatious actions by common informers against the publishers of newspapers, the Act of 1870 enacts that no such action be brought against printers or publishers of newspapers without the consent of the Attorney-General, etc....
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