Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
larceny — /larsaniy/ Felonious stealing, taking and carrying, leading, riding, or driving away another s personal property, with intent to convert it or to deprive owner thereof. The unlawful taking and carrying away of property of another with intent to… … Black's law dictionary
larceny — /larsaniy/ Felonious stealing, taking and carrying, leading, riding, or driving away another s personal property, with intent to convert it or to deprive owner thereof. The unlawful taking and carrying away of property of another with intent to… … Black's law dictionary
larceny after a trust — Embezzlement by bailee. Almand v State, 110 Ga 883, 36 SE 215 … Ballentine's law dictionary
Carrier's Case — Carrier s Case, 13 Edw. IV, f. 9, pl. 5 (Star Ch. and Exch. Ch. 1473) was a landmark English court case in property crime law decided in the Star Chamber (also called Anonymous v. The Sheriff of London). The English court adopted the breaking… … Wikipedia
Conversion (law) — For other uses of the word conversion , see Conversion. Conversion is a common law tort. A conversion is a voluntary act by one person inconsistent with the ownership rights of another.[1] It is a tort of strict liability.[2] Its criminal… … Wikipedia
Detinue — Tort law Part of the … Wikipedia
SHOMERIM — (Heb. שׁוֹמְרִים; bailees ). Biblical Classification The law relating to a bailee (i.e., one who is entrusted with the money or chattels of another) is first given in the Torah (Ex. 22:6–14) in several statements of principle from which have been … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Trover — is a form of lawsuit in common law countries for recovery of damages for wrongful taking of personal property. Trover belongs to a series of remedies for such wrongful taking, its distinctive feature being recovery only for the value of whatever… … Wikipedia
Breaking bulk (law) — In law, the term breaking bulk means taking anything out of a package or parcel or in any way destroying its entirety. It was thus important in connection with the subject of bailment, involving as it did the curious distinction that where a… … Wikipedia
breaking bulk — The division or separation of the contents of a package or container. Lord Coke says, if a bale or pack of merchandise be delivered to carry to one at a certain place, and he goeth away with the whole pack, this is no felony; but if he open the… … Ballentine's law dictionary
