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Misdemeanour
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Abduction
takes away or detains any woman being of age with like intent (Ib. s. 54). It is a misdemeanour:- (a) Where any person takes away an unmarried girl under 16 out of the possession and against the
False pretence, obtaining property
larceny, is distinguishable from it, as being perpetrated through the medium of a mere fraud; it is a misdemeanour at Common Law. By the Larceny Act, 1916, s. 32:- Every person who, by any false pretence: (1)
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Falsification
in order to induce a purchaser or mortgagee or his solicitor to accept the title offered, is a misdemeanour punishable by fine or imprisonment with or without hard labour, or both, for not more than two years,
Misconduct
forbidden act, a dereliction from duty, unlawful behaviour, wilful in character, improper or wrong behaviour; its synonyms are misdemeanour, misdeed, misbehaviour, delinquency, impropriety, mismanagement, offence, but not negligence or carelessness, (Black's Law Dictionary), N.G. Dastane v. Shrikant
Misprision
a prosecution for treason, and cause the delinquent to be censured in that Court, merely for a high misdemeanour; as in the case of Roger, Earl of Rutland, in 43 Eliz., concerned in Essex's rebellion. Every great
Trial
sworn. The parties may then challenge the jury. (see CHALLENGE.) The pleading are then (in civil causes and misdemeanours) opened by the junior counsel for the plaintiff; and if it appear that the burden of proof is
Sessions of the peace
suborning any other person to make a false oath, affirmation, or declaration, punishable as perjury or as a misdemeanour; (6) and (7) were repealed and re-enacted by Perjury At, 1911 (c. 6), s. 10. (8) Forgery. (9)
Procuration of women
of illicit intercourse. If the woman be under twenty-one and not a common prostitute, the offence is a misdemeanour punishable by imprisonment for not more than two years under the (English) Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1885, amended
Perjury
false oaths, declarations, notices, etc., with reference to marriage; an offence under either of these sections is a misdemeanour and punishable as above. S. 4 deals with false answers, declarations, etc., as to births and deaths; s.
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