statutory felony
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felony — fel·o·ny / fe lə nē/ n pl nies: a crime that has a greater punishment imposed by statute than that imposed on a misdemeanor; specif: a federal crime for which the punishment may be death or imprisonment for more than a year see also attainder,… … Law dictionary
statutory rape — n: rape consisting of sexual intercourse with a person beneath an age (as 14 years) specified by statute ◇ Many state statutes also specify a minimum age of the perpetrator or an age differential (as at least four years) between the perpetrator… … Law dictionary
Felony murder rule — The felony murder rule is a legal doctrine current in some common law countries that broadens the crime of murder in two ways. First, when a victim dies accidentally or without specific intent in the course of an applicable felony, it increases… … Wikipedia
Felony — For other uses, see Felony (disambiguation). Criminal law … Wikipedia
Statutory rape — The phrase statutory rape is a term used in some legal jurisdictions to describe consensual sexual relations that take place when an individual (regardless of gender) has sexual relations with an individual not old enough to legally consent to… … Wikipedia
felony and misdemeanour — In Anglo American law, two categories of criminal offense. A crime is classed as one or the other according to its seriousness. In U.S. law, a felony is typically defined as a crime punishable by a term of imprisonment of not less than one year.… … Universalium
Tax protester statutory arguments — Part of the Taxation in the United States series Tax protest in the United States … Wikipedia
Compounding a felony — was an offence under the common law of England and was classified as a misdemeanour. It consisted of a prosecutor or victim of an offence accepting anything of value under an agreement not to prosecute, or hamper the prosecution of, a felony.[1]… … Wikipedia
perpetration of felony — The commission of a felony. Under the usual statutory provision that homicide committed in the perpetration of a felony is murder in the first degree, where the homicide is committed within the res gestae of the felony charged, it is committed in … Ballentine's law dictionary
larceny from the person — The statutory felony of stealing any article attached to the person of the owner or under his immediate personal protection. Of course, larceny is from the person, in any case, in the sense that the taking is with the intent to deprive another of … Ballentine's law dictionary
