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Conspiracy to murder

Conspiracy to murder. Misdemeanour, by the (English) Offences against the Person Act,1861, s. 4, punishable by penal servitude not exceeding ten years, or by imprisonment; see R. v. Most, (1881) 7 QBD 244.

Breach of trust

54. It is now punishable, by the (English) Larceny Act, 1916, s. 21. As a misdemeanour, with penal servitude not exceeding seven years; but no prosecution can be commenced without the sanction of the Attorney-General, or, if

Bigamy

of the former husband or wife . . . shall be guilty of a felony punishable by penal servitude for not more than seven years, or less than three, or by imprisonment for not more than two

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Astriction

Astriction [fr. astrictio, Lat.] to a mill, a servitude by which grain growing on certain lands, or brought within them, must be carried to a certain mill

Assault

Person Act, 1861. By s. 47 an assault occasioning actual bodily harm is punishable on indictment by penal servitude for not less than three, or imprisonment for not more than two year, and a common assault by

Assassination

1901. The Offences against the (English) Person Act, 1861, s. 4, makes it a misdemeanour punishable by penal servitude for not more than ten years to solicit any person to murder any other person, whether a subject

Arsenals

arsenal (The (English) Dockyards, etc. Protection Act, 1772), (12 Geo. 3, c. 24); a felony punishable with penal servitude to be guilty of spying thee; and a misdemeanour to disclose official information as to a royal arsenal.

Aqu' immittendae

Aqu' immittendae, a servitude which the owner of a house, surrounded by other buildings, so that it has no outlet for its

prescription

the running of a period of time set by law ;esp : acquisitive prescription in this entry [predial servitudes on property of the state may not be acquired by "Louisiana Civil Code"] ac·quis·i·tive prescription [ə-kwi-zə-tiv-] : acquisition

vicinage

a nuisance) in the free exercise of rights of ownership in immovable property [these obligations of are legal servitudes imposed on the owner of property "Rodrigue v. Copeland, 475 So. 2d 1071 (1985)"]

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