Search results for: “criminal negligence”
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Barrister
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Barrister Meaning of Barrister In England, the legal profession is divided into two categories; barristers and solicitors. Barristers are those who have been called to the bar by one of the Four Inns, […]
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Aggravated
When used in law, e.g., in a criminal statute, the term means something like a nastier kind of, e.g., aggravated arson may describe arson involving threat to human life; aggravated assault may be assault with intent to kill; aggravated larceny may […]
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Barratry
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Barratry Meaning of Barratry The offense of frequently exciting and stirring up quarrels and suits. An act committed by a master of a vessel for some fraudulent or unlawful purpose contrary to his duty to […]
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False Pretenses
In criminal law. False representations and statements, made with a fraudulent design to obtain money, goods, wares, and merchandise, with intent to cheat. 2 Bouv. Inst, note 2308. Such a fraudulent representation of a past or existing fact by one who knows it not to be true as […]
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Rescue
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Rescue Meaning of Rescue A common law action whereby a person who has lawfully distrained goods is deprived of the same. This form of action is now Obsolete . The act of forcibly and knowingly freeing a […]
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Defendant
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Defendant Meaning of Defendant The party against whom relief o recovery is sought in an action or suit. Defendant Alternative Definition A party sued in a […]
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Malpractice
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Malpractice Meaning of Malpractice The failure of one rendering professional services to exercise that degree of skill and learning commonly applied under all the circumstances in the community by the […]
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Strict Liability
In the case of Rylands v Fletcher, L.R.3 Fl.L. 330, the rule of strict liability was stated thus: We think that the true rule of law is that the person who for his own purposes brings on his lands and collects and keeps there anything likely to do mischief if it escapes must keep same…
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Intention
The end, object or purpose intended. Intent means that which is intended; purpose, aim, design; essentially implies premeditation . A settled direction of mind toward accomplishment of a particular act or anything intended to be done. The term denotes a determinative attitude or state […]
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Guard Dog
Guard dog in Law EnforcementMain Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of guard dog.ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Enforcement Officer Police Work Law Enforcement Agency Further Reading guard dog in A Dictionary of […]
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Actus non facit reum, nisi mens sit rea
An act does not make a man a criminal, unless his intention be criminal. To constitute a crime the intent and the act must concur; a mere overt act, without wrongful intention, does not make guilt….
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Under
Literally, a condition of inferiority or subservience or subject to or in conformity with and denotes curtailment or restriction of, but nevertheless agreement orcongruity with something else to which it is made applicable. Mason v City of Albertville, 158 So.2d 924, 276 Ala. 68.
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Under
Literally, a condition of inferiority or subservience or subject to or in conformity with and denotes curtailment or restriction of, but nevertheless agreement orcongruity with something else to which it is made applicable. Mason v City of Albertville, 158 So.2d 924, 276 Ala. 68.