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lesser included offense
lesser included offense : a crime (as unlawful entry) that is
lesser evils defense
lesser evils defense see defense
lesser
lesser : of less size, quality, degree, or significance ;specif :
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Merger
law is defined as the absorption of a thing of lesser importance by a greater, whereby the lesser ceases to exist,
verdict
unanimity on a higher charge first discourages compromise verdicts on lesser included offenses. In some jurisdictions it has been considered proper
implied acquittal
result from a verdict which convicts the defendant of a lesser included offense while remaining silent on the greater one NOTE:
Merger in law
law, is defined as the absorption of a thing of lesser importance by a greater, whereby the lesser ceases to exist,
Quod in minori valet valebit in majori, et quod in majori non valet nec valebit in minori
valebit in minori (Co. Litt. 260a), what avails in the lesser will avail in the greater; and what does not avail
Excommunication
ecclesiastical interdict or censure, divided into the greater and the lesser; by the greater a person was excluded from the communion
Domesday, or domesday-book
the Record Office, consisting of two volumes, a greater and lesser; the greater containing a survey of all the lands in
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