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Feloniously
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FeloniouslyPleadings. This is a technical word which must be introduced into every indictment for a felony, charging the offence to have been committed feloniously; no other word, nor any circumlocution, will supply its place.
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Pleadings
That part of a party's case in which he or she formally sets out the facts and legal arguments which support that party's position. Pleadings can be in writing or they can be made verbally to a court, during the trial.
Technical
That which properly belongs to an art.
Word
Construction. One or more syllables which when united convey an idea a single part of speech.
Indictment
Criminal law, practice. A written accusation of one or more persons of a crime or misdemeanor, presented to, and preferred upon oath or affirmation, by a grand jury legally convoked.
Felony
In some US states, any serious crime for which the possible maximum sentence is more than one year in prison. (Probation can be an alternative to prison in most felony crimes.)
Offence
Crimes. The doing that which a penal law forbids to be done, or omitting to do what it commands; in this sense it is nearly synonymous with crime. In a more confined sense, it may be considered as having the same meaning with misdemeanor, but it differs from it in this, that it is not indictable, but punishable summarily by the forfeiture of a penalty.
Feloniously
Pleadings. This is a technical word which must be introduced into every indictment for a felony, charging the offence to have been committed feloniously; no other word, nor any circumlocution, will supply its place.
Will
A will is a legal document in which a person directs how his property is to be distributed after his death. Such documents must be executed in due form and must be duly witnessed.
Place
Pleading, evidence. A particular portion of space; locality.
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Felo de se
Criminal law. A felon of himself; a self-murderer.
Felon
A person convicted of a felony crime.
Felony
In some US states, any serious crime for which the possible maximum sentence is more than one year in prison. (Probation can be an alternative to prison in most felony crimes.)
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Fees
Compensation. Certain perquisites allowed by law to officers concerned in the administration of justice, or in the performance of duties required by law, as a recompense for their labor and trouble.
Fee-simple
An absolute inheritance, clear of any condition, limitation or restriction to particular heirs, but descendible to the heirs general, whether male or female, lineal or collateral.
Feigned action
Practice. An action brought on a pretended right, when the plaintiff has no true cause of action, for some illegal purpose. In a feigned action the words of the writ are true; it differs from false action, in which case the words of the writ are false.
Feigned issue, pract
Issue. Practice. An issue brought by consent of the parties, or the direction of a court of equity, or such courts as possess equitable powers, to determine before a jury some disputed matter of fact, which the court has not the power or is unwilling to decide.
Felo de se
Criminal law. A felon of himself; a self-murderer.
Feloniously
Female
This term denotes the sex which bears young.
Female; feme; femme
French. A woman; a wife. Feme is the older form: Latin femella, femina, a young woman. Plural, femes, femmes.
Feme
or more properly Femme, Woman.
Feme covert
A married woman: under the wing, protection or cover of her husband.
Feme covert or feme-covert
A married woman. By marriage, husband and wife are one person in law. Under his protection and "cover", she does everything; and is therefore called in law a feme covert (french); while her condition is called "coverture". 1 Bl. Com. 442; 2 id. 292, 433, 497; 32 Barb. 258; 63 Ill. 162; 21 How. 589.
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Pleadings
That part of a party's case in which he or she formally sets out the facts and legal arguments which support that party's position. Pleadings can be in writing or they can be made verbally to a court, during the trial.
Technical
That which properly belongs to an art.
Word
Construction. One or more syllables which when united convey an idea a single part of speech.
Indictment
Criminal law, practice. A written accusation of one or more persons of a crime or misdemeanor, presented to, and preferred upon oath or affirmation, by a grand jury legally convoked.
Felony
In some US states, any serious crime for which the possible maximum sentence is more than one year in prison. (Probation can be an alternative to prison in most felony crimes.)
Offence
Crimes. The doing that which a penal law forbids to be done, or omitting to do what it commands; in this sense it is nearly synonymous with crime. In a more confined sense, it may be considered as having the same meaning with misdemeanor, but it differs from it in this, that it is not indictable, but punishable summarily by the forfeiture of a penalty.
Feloniously
Pleadings. This is a technical word which must be introduced into every indictment for a felony, charging the offence to have been committed feloniously; no other word, nor any circumlocution, will supply its place.
Will
A will is a legal document in which a person directs how his property is to be distributed after his death. Such documents must be executed in due form and must be duly witnessed.
Place
Pleading, evidence. A particular portion of space; locality.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Felo de se
Criminal law. A felon of himself; a self-murderer.
Felon
A person convicted of a felony crime.
Felony
In some US states, any serious crime for which the possible maximum sentence is more than one year in prison. (Probation can be an alternative to prison in most felony crimes.)
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Fees
Compensation. Certain perquisites allowed by law to officers concerned in the administration of justice, or in the performance of duties required by law, as a recompense for their labor and trouble.
Fee-simple
An absolute inheritance, clear of any condition, limitation or restriction to particular heirs, but descendible to the heirs general, whether male or female, lineal or collateral.
Feigned action
Practice. An action brought on a pretended right, when the plaintiff has no true cause of action, for some illegal purpose. In a feigned action the words of the writ are true; it differs from false action, in which case the words of the writ are false.
Feigned issue, pract
Issue. Practice. An issue brought by consent of the parties, or the direction of a court of equity, or such courts as possess equitable powers, to determine before a jury some disputed matter of fact, which the court has not the power or is unwilling to decide.
Felo de se
Criminal law. A felon of himself; a self-murderer.
Feloniously
Female
This term denotes the sex which bears young.
Female; feme; femme
French. A woman; a wife. Feme is the older form: Latin femella, femina, a young woman. Plural, femes, femmes.
Feme
or more properly Femme, Woman.
Feme covert
A married woman: under the wing, protection or cover of her husband.
Feme covert or feme-covert
A married woman. By marriage, husband and wife are one person in law. Under his protection and "cover", she does everything; and is therefore called in law a feme covert (french); while her condition is called "coverture". 1 Bl. Com. 442; 2 id. 292, 433, 497; 32 Barb. 258; 63 Ill. 162; 21 How. 589.
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