- first-class misdemeanant
- A person who has been found guilty of a misdemeanor but who has been adjudged to be deserving of leniency.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
first-class misdemeanant
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first-class misdemeanant — Under the English prisons act (28 & 29 Viet., c. 126, No. 67) prisoners in the county, city, and borough prisons convicted of misdemeanors, and not sentenced to hard labor, were divided into two classes, one of which was called the first… … Black's law dictionary
first-class misdemeanant — Under the English prisons act (28 & 29 Viet., c. 126, No. 67) prisoners in the county, city, and borough prisons convicted of misdemeanors, and not sentenced to hard labor, were divided into two classes, one of which was called the first… … Black's law dictionary
