Piracy - Law Dictionary Search Results
Pirata est hostis humani generis
Pirata est hostis humani generis. 3 Inst. 113.-(A pirte is an enemy of the human race.) See PIRACY.
Piratical
Of or pertaining to a pirate acquired by or practicing piracy as a piratical undertaking
Injunction
of the banks of rivers and exposing adjacent lands to inundation, or neighbouring mills to destruction, etc. The piracy of a copyright, or the invasion of a patent, can be restrained, and the court will direct an
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Death penalty
Death penalty, means death by hanging. The punishment only for high treason and piracy with violence. The capital punishment for murder was abolished by the murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act, 1965
Benefit of clergy
from time to time interfered, by making particular offences 'felony, without benefit of clergy' (see, e.g., the (English) Piracy Act, 1536 (28 Hen. 8, c. 15), s. 3), and finally the (English) Criminal Law Act, 1827 (7
Moros
southern Philippine Islands said to have formerly migrated from Borneo Some of them are warlike and addicted to piracy
commit
bill to the joint committee] 2 : to carry into action deliberately : perpetrate [to define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas "U.S. Constitution art. I"] 3 : obligate bind vi : to
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