 | Samuel Warren - Law - 1845 - 1174 pages
...individuals, or the public. Mr. Justice Blackstone defines a crime thus : "A crime, or misdemeanor, is an act committed, or omitted, in violation of a public law either forbidding or commanding it :"* butas Mr. Justice Coleridge has observed in a note to his edition of the Commentaries, it is not... | |
 | Peter Oxenbridge Thacher - Criminal law - 1845 - 756 pages
...misdemeanor, what is not a misdemeanor, either officially or otherwise. In general, a misdemeanor is an act committed or omitted in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it. (4 Bl. Com. 5.) 1. The matter charged in this indictment is not forbidden or enjoined by the bank act.... | |
 | Arkansas. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1846 - 628 pages
...without the necessity of indictment or presentment. A crime or misdemeanor is denned to be "an act committed, or omitted, in violation of a public law,...forbidding or commanding it." This general definition comprehends both crimes and misdemeanors, which properly speaking are mere synonymous terms, though... | |
 | Louisiana. Supreme Court, Merritt M. Robinson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1847 - 680 pages
...questioned — that of Blackstone. " A crime or misdemeanor," says that eminent author, " is an act committed or omitted in violation of a public law,...forbidding or commanding it. This general definition comprehends both crimes and misdemeanors, which, properly speaking, are mere synonymous terms." "The... | |
 | Law - 1848 - 558 pages
...punishable only when that resolution is capable of proof. Misdemeanors. .1 — Misdemeanors are also acts committed or omitted in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding them; but they in general denote those offences that are under the degree of felony. Felony.'] —... | |
 | Law - 1855 - 736 pages
...law, or whether created wholly by statute. Blackstone's definition, familiar to all, is — "An act committed, or omitted, in violation of a public law either forbidding or commanding it." The same words are used by Professor Greenleaf, in 3 Greenl. $ 1. Other elementary writers have given... | |
 | John Craig (F.G.S.) - 1849 - 1148 pages
...behaviour; evil conduct; fault; uiumanagment. In LAW, MISERABLE— MISHEAR. a misdemeanour is »n act committed or omitted in violation of a public law, either forbidding or coinmanáing it. This general definition, however, comprehends both crimes and mifdtmcanours, which,... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton - Finance - 1850 - 510 pages
...supposed offences, without having an opportunity of making his defence.* Thirdly: That a crime is an act committed or omitted, in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it.f Fourthly: That a prosecution is, in its most precise signification, an inquiry or mode of ascertaining,... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton - Finance - 1850 - 514 pages
...supposed offences, without having an opportunity of making his defence.* Thirdly: That a crime is an act committed or omitted, in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it.f Fourthly: That a prosecution is, in its most precise signification, an inquiry or mode of ascertaining,... | |
 | United States. Congress - United States - 1852 - 928 pages
...conspiracies, assault!)," &c. See 4 Comm. c. I, p. 5, " A crime or misdemeanor, says Blackstone, is an act committed or omitted in violation of a public law,...forbidding or commanding it. This general definition comprehends both crimes and misdemeanors, which, properly speaking, are mere synonymous terms, though,... | |
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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. 
