 | 1869 - 826 str.
...by reference to the principles of the English common law of crimes, Blackstone's definition, ' that a crime or misdemeanor is an act committed or omitted...a public law either forbidding or commanding it,' becomes important. I stand upon this definition of the great writer upon English law аз the connecting... | |
 | John Scott, Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas - 1869 - 608 str.
...a crime or misdemeanor may, therefore, be defined the ' wilful' commission or omission of any acts in violation of a public law either forbidding or commanding it. This definition comprehends both crimes and misdemeanors, which are synonymous terms, though in common usage... | |
 | David Butler (defendant.) - 1871 - 430 str.
...trial, page 126: "Chief Justice Shaw quotes from Blackstoue, us follows : 'A crime, or mi.-demeanor, is an act committed, or omitted in violation of a...forbidding or commanding it. This general definition comprehends both crimes and . misdemeanors ; which, properly speaking, are mere synonymous terms; though,... | |
 | 1871 - 630 str.
...speaks of the " crime of our first father's fall." So Blackstone says — "A crime or misdemeanour is an act committed or omitted, in violation of a public law either forbidding or commanding it." And, again, that the discussion and admeasurement of the nature of crimes and punishments, " forms... | |
 | 1872 - 522 str.
...domain of Criminal Law, and arc not recognized as crimes. According to the definition of Blackstone, "A crime or misdemeanor is an act committed or omitted, in violation of public law. This general definition comprehends both crimes and misdemeanors ; which, properly speaking,... | |
 | California - 1872 - 698 str.
..."offense," is far from uniform even among legal writers. "A crime, or misdemeanor," SHVS Blnckstoni', " is an act committed or omitted in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it." " Crimes and misdemeanors, properly speaking, are synonymous terms; though in common usage, the word... | |
 | Henry Edward Wallace - 1875 - 676 str.
...common usage, denoting offences of a more atrocious dye, and the latter, smaller faults and offences. A crime or misdemeanor is an act committed or omitted in violation of a public law. Black. Com., vol. 4, p. 5 ; Webster's Dictionary. Forgery, perjury, and many offences of lower grade,... | |
 | 1872 - 218 str.
...domain of Criminal Law, and are not recognized as crimes. According to the definition of Blackstone, " A crime or misdemeanor is an act committed or omitted, in violation of public law. This general definition comprehends both crimes and misdemeanors ; which, properly speaking,... | |
 | David Paul Brown - 1873 - 442 str.
...conspiracies, assaults," £c. See 4 Comm. chap. 1, p. 5. " A crime or misdemeanor " says Blaclestone, " is an act committed or omitted in violation of a public...forbidding or commanding it. This general definition comprehends both crimes and misdemeanors, which properly speaking are mere synonymous terms: though... | |
 | William Blackstone, David Mitchell Aird - 1873 - 386 str.
...nature of " Crime " in general, and state the distinction between "Public" and "Private" Wrongs. A Crime is an act committed or omitted in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it. In English law offences are technically divided into/eZowie* and misdemeanors. Felony (felonia, of... | |
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A crime, or misdemeanor, is an act committed or omitted in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it. 
