Legal Definition and Related Resources of Misprision
Meaning of Misprision
In criminal law. A term used to signify every considerable misdemeanor which has not a certain name given to it by law. 3 Inst. 36. The concealment of a crime. Misprision of felony is the like concealment of felony, without giving any degree of maintenance to the felon (Act Cong. April 30, 1790, § 6; 1 Story, U. S. Laws, 84) ; for if any aid be given him, the party becomes an accessory after the fact. Misprision of treason is the concealment of treason by being merely passive. Act Cong. April 30, 1790 (1 Story, U. S. Laws, 83; 1 East, P. C. 139). If any assistance be given to the traitor, it makes the party a principal, as there are no accessorifes in treason. Negative misprision consists in the concealment of something which ought to be revealed. Positive misprision consists in the commission of something which ought not to be done. 4 Bl. Comm. c. 9.
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Synonyms of Misprision
noun
- contempt
- delinquency
- deviation from rectitude
- malefaction
- malfeasance
- malpractice
- malversation
- misconduct
- misdeed
- misfeasance
- neglect
- negligence
- obstruction of justice
- offense
- transgression
- violation
- wrongful action of a public official
- Associated Concepts: clerical misprision
- misprision of felony
- misprision of treason
Misprision in Law Enforcement
Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of misprision.
Grammar
This term is a noun.
Etimology of Misprision
(You may find misprision at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms).
wrong action, a failure on the part of authority, early 15c., from Anglo-French mesprisioun “mistake, error, wrong action or speech,” from Old French mesprision “mistake, wrongdoing, fault, blame, crime,” from mespris, past participle of mesprendre “to mistake, act wrongly, trespass, transgress, break a law,” from mes- “wrongly” (see mis- (2)) + prendre “take,” from Latin prendere, contracted from prehendere “seize” (see prehensile). In 16c., misprision of treason was used for lesser degrees of guilt (those not subject to capital punishment), especially for knowing of treasonable actions or plots but not informing the authorities. This led to the common supposition in legal writers that the word means “failure to denounce” a crime.
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See Also
- Law Enforcement Officer
- Police
- Law Enforcement Agency
Further Reading
- misprision in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
- misprision in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
- A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis
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