an offense that is categorised by a person’s failing to perform an act that is required.

the name given to a crime that is committed under circumstances that involves the compelling emotion of the perpetrator .

In the civil law . The crime of falsifying; which might be committed either by writing, as by the forgery of a will or other instrument ; by words, as […]

The crime or offense of theft.

The crime of burning, which included not only the modem crime of arson, but also the burning of a man, a beast, or other chattel. Britt. c. 0: Crabb, Eng. […]

The nameless crime; the crime against nature ; sodomy or buggery.

Also an accusation or charge of crime.

In criminal law . The crime of lese-majesty, or injuring majesty or royalty; high treason. The term was used by the older English law- writers to denote any crime affecting […]

The crime of rape.

The offense of robbery.

These are crimes that have been created by existing statutes and not common law.

the name given to a person who has a committed a serious crime. The word can also mean wicked.

A term which is equivalent to crime; or is sometimes used with a slight softening or glossing of the meaning, or as importing a possible question of the legal guilt […]

The proceeding by which a party charged with a public offense is accused and brought to trial and punishment is known as a ” criminal action .” Pen. Code Cal.

an attack physically that results in bodily injury that is committed by the assailant. It is proven and wilful act.

An action, suit, or cause instituted to punish an infraction of the criminal laws. State v. Smalls. 11 S. C. 279; Adams v. Ashv. 2 Bibb. (Ky.) 97; U. S. […]

An accusation of crime, formulated in a written complaint, information , or indictment , and taking shape in a prosecution . U. S. v. Patterson, 150 U. S. G5. 14 […]

the term given to restricting unlawfully the freedom of another person by threatening to commit a criminal offense .

the action that is taken against a person who disobeys, or acts contemptuously or demeans the court of law .

Adultery, considered in its aspect of a civil injury to the husband entitling him to damages: the tort of debauching or seducing of a wife. Often abbreviated to crim. Con

the name of the court where criminal cases are tried and not civil cases.

an act of omission or commission where a person demonstrates the wilful disregard to the rights of other people that results in possible or actual harm.

a state of mental illness where a person is unable to determine between right and wrong and as a result will commit unlawful acts.

This term is the right of a court to hear and to decide the cases of a criminal nature.

That branch or division of law which treats of crimes and their punishments.