Offense - Law Dictionary Search Results
jeopardy
: the danger of conviction that an accused person is subjected to when on trial for a criminal offense see also double jeopardy NOTE: Jeopardy attaches, or comes into effect for double jeopardy purposes, when a jury
cause
reasonable ground in fact and circumstance for a belief in the existence of certain circumstances (as that an offense has been or is being committed, that a person is guilty of an offense, that a particular search
Eavesdropping
where persons meet for private intercourse secretly listening to what is said and then tattling it abroad The offense is indictable at common law
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Calumniation
False accusation of crime or offense or a malicious and false representation of the words or actions of another with a view to injure
Calumny
False accusation of a crime or offense maliciously made or reported to the injury of another malicious misrepresentation slander detraction
Conviction
The act of convicting the act of proving finding or adjudging guilty of an offense
Delinquency
Failure or omission of duty a fault a misdeed an offense a misdemeanor a crime
Finable
Liable or subject to a fine as a finable person or offense
Expiable
Capable of being expiated or atoned for as an expiable offense expiable guilt
Faultless
Without fault not defective or imperfect free from blemish free from incorrectness vice or offense perfect as a faultless poem
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