 So that, upon the whole, the only adequate definition of felony seems to be that which is' before laid down, viz., an offence which occasions a total forfeiture of either lands or goods, or both, at the common law, and to which capital or other punishment...  The English Cyclopaedia - Side 1271867Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Henry Potter - 1816 - 474 sider
...occasions a total forfeiture of either lands or goods, or both, at the common law, and to which capiud or other punishment may be superadded according to the degree of guilt. All offences now capital are in some degree or other felony ; and this is likewise the case with some... | |
 | William Oldnall Russell - 1824 - 594 sider
...writer to be this, namely, an offence which occasions a total forfeiture of either lands or goods, or both, at the common law ; and to which capital or...may be superadded according to the degree of guilt, (a) Capital punishment does by no means enter into the true definition of felony ; but the idea of... | |
 | Sir William Blackstone - 1825 - 576 sider
...before laid down ; viz. an offence which occasions a total forfeiture of either lands, or goods, or both, at the common law; and to which capital or other...may be superadded, according to the degree of guilt. To explain this matter a little farther : the word felony or Jelonia, is of undoubted feodal original,... | |
 | sir William Blackstone - 1825 - 584 sider
...before laid down ; viz. an offence which occasions a total forfeiture of either lands, or goods, or both, at the common law ; and to which capital or...may be superadded, according to the degree of guilt. i To explain this matter a little farther : the word felony or jelonia, is of undoubted feodal original,... | |
 | William Oldnall Russell - 1826 - 780 sider
...the word as signifying — an offence which occasions a total forfeiture of either lands or goods, or both, at the common law ; and to which capital or...may be superadded according to the degree of guilt, (a) Capital punishment does by no means enter into the true definition of felony : but the idea of... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 822 sider
...definition of felony seems to be, an offence which occasions a total forfeiture of lands or goods, or both, at the common law ; and to which capital or...may be superadded, according to the degree of guilt. To explain this farther: The word felony, or felonia, is of undoubted féodal original, being freq-iently... | |
 | Joseph Chitty - 1833 - 1020 sider
...to be punished, as heretofore the case, with the total loss of the fee, or estate, and its value ; and to which, capital or other punishment may be superadded, according to the degree of guilt, (f) And when a statute declares that an offender guilty of any certain act shall be deemed to have... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1836 - 704 sider
...before laid down ; viz. an offence which occasions a total forfeiture of either lands, or goods, or both, at the common law ; and to which capital or...may be superadded, according to the degree of guilt. Sai£rteto?f To explain this matter a little further : the word felony, or felonia, is of undoubted... | |
 | John Walker, Benjamin Humphrey Smart - 1836 - 810 sider
...Fell. Fel'-o-ny, 1 05 : *. An offence which occasions a total forfeiture of cither lands, or goods, or both, at the common law, and to which capital or other punishment may be guperaddcd according to the degree of guilt Fe-lo'-ni-OKS, 90, 120 : a. Proceeding from an evil heart... | |
 | Sir Edward Coke, John Henry Thomas - 1836 - 772 sider
...telony is defined to be, an offence which occasions a total forfeiture of either lands, or goods, or both, at the common law; and to which capital or other punishment may lusuperadded, according to the degree of guilt. 4 Bl. Com. 95. The word itself is of feudal origin,... | |
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