Offensive - Law Dictionary Search Results
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offense or of·fence [ə-fens] n 1 : a violation of the law ;esp : a criminal act [nor shall any person be subject for the same to be twice put in jeopardy "U.S. Constitution amend. V"] see also lesser included offense 2 in the civil law of Louisiana : an intentional unlawful act that causes damage to another and for which the law imposes an obligation for damages compare quasi contract at contract, quasi-offense NOTE: Breach of contract, offenses, quasi-offenses, and quasi contracts are the bases for civil liability under the civil law. Offenses and quasi-offenses are comparable to common-law torts. ...
included offense
included offense : lesser included offense [permitted…to plead guilty to a logical included offense "W. R. LaFave and J. H. Israel"] ...
lesser included offense
lesser included offense : a crime (as unlawful entry) that is by definition included in the commission of another crime (as burglary) which has additional elements and greater criminal liability called also included offense NOTE: A criminal defendant may be convicted of a lesser included offense even if not charged specifically with that crime. ...
Offensive trade
Offensive trade, the word 'offensive' has got no technical meaning assigned to it in any legal enactment and it is not, therefore, possible to say that this word must be interpreted in that particular technical sense. Resort to the dictionary meaning of the word the setting up of a brick kiln or the preparing of bricks is a business which is liable or calculated to cause annoyance to the residents of the neighbourhood and it is, therefore, an offensive trade within the meaning of District Board Act, Sat Narain v. Emperor, AIR 1942 All 440: 1942 ALW 557....
quasi-offense
quasi-offense in the civil law of Louisiana : a negligent unlawful act that causes damage to another and for which the law imposes an obligation for damages compare offense ...
target offense
target offense : an offense (as murder) that is the object of a conspiracy ...
Offenseful
Causing offense displeasing wrong as an offenseful act...
Grossly offensive
Grossly offensive, was an ordinary English phrase with no special legal content which it was for the Justices to apply to the facts as they found them. What is offensive has to be judged by the standards of an open and just multiracial society, Director of Public Prosecutions v. Collins, (2006) 1 WLR 308 QB; see also (English) Communications Act, 2003, s. 127; Cozens v. Brutus, (1978) AC 854: (1972) 3 WLR 521: (1972) 2 All ER 1297 HL(E)....
Offensive and defensive league
Offensive and defensive league, means a league binding the parties not only to aid one another when attacked but also to support one another when attacking in offensive warfare, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1110....
Offensive matter
Offensive matter, 'offensive matter' includes animals, carcases, kitchen or stable refuse, dung, dirt, putrid or putrefying substance and filth of any kind which is not included in sewage. [Manipur Municipalities Act, 1994 (43 of 1994), s. 2(39)]...
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