 | Henry Potter - 1816 - 474 strani
...occasions a total forfeiture of either lands or goods, or both, at the common law, and to which capiud or other punishment may be superadded according to the degree of guilt. All offences now capital are in some degree or other felony ; and this is likewise the case with some... | |
 | William Oldnall Russell - 1824 - 594 strani
...by an excellent writer to be this, namely, an offence which occasions a total forfeiture of either lands or goods, or both, at the common law ; and to...may be superadded according to the degree of guilt, (a) Capital punishment does by no means enter into the true definition of felony ; but the idea of... | |
 | Sir William Blackstone - 1825 - 576 strani
...to be that which is before laid down ; viz. an offence which occasions a total forfeiture of either lands, or goods, or both, at the common law; and to...may be superadded, according to the degree of guilt. To explain this matter a little farther : the word felony or Jelonia, is of undoubted feodal original,... | |
 | sir William Blackstone - 1825 - 584 strani
...to be that which is before laid down ; viz. an offence which occasions a total forfeiture of either lands, or goods, or both, at the common law ; and...may be superadded, according to the degree of guilt. i To explain this matter a little farther : the word felony or jelonia, is of undoubted feodal original,... | |
 | William Oldnall Russell - 1826 - 780 strani
...forfeiture, and describes the word as signifying — an offence which occasions a total forfeiture of either lands or goods, or both, at the common law ; and to...may be superadded according to the degree of guilt, (a) Capital punishment does by no means enter into the true definition of felony : but the idea of... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 822 strani
...of them to forfeitures. So that, upon the whole, the only adequate definition of felony seems to be, an offence which occasions a total forfeiture of lands...may be superadded, according to the degree of guilt. To explain this farther: The word felony, or felonia, is of undoubted féodal original, being freq-iently... | |
 | Joseph Chitty - 1833 - 1020 strani
...to be punished, as heretofore the case, with the total loss of the fee, or estate, and its value ; and to which, capital or other punishment may be superadded, according to the degree of guilt, (f) And when a statute declares that an offender guilty of any certain act shall be deemed to have... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1836 - 704 strani
...to be that which is before laid down ; viz. an offence which occasions a total forfeiture of either lands, or goods, or both, at the common law ; and...may be superadded, according to the degree of guilt. Sai£rteto?f To explain this matter a little further : the word felony, or felonia, is of undoubted... | |
 | Sir William BLACKSTONE - 1837 - 468 strani
...to be that which is before laid down ; viz. an offence which occasions a total forfeiture of either lands, or goods, or both, at the common law ; and...may be superadded, according to the degree of guilt. To explain this matter a little farther : the word felony, vtfelonia, is of undoubted feudal original,... | |
 | Law society - 1843 - 92 strani
...sober. — 1 Haw. c. 1 , § 6. 10. Felony is an offence which occasions a total forfeiture of lands and goods, or both, at the common law, and to which capital...may be superadded, according to the degree of guilt. — 4 Bl. Com. 95. Misdemeanour, as contradistinguished from felony, means all indictable offences... | |
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So that upon the whole the only adequate definition of felony seems to be that which is before laid down; viz. an offence which occasions a total forfeiture of either lands, or goods, or both, at the common law; and to which capital or other punishment... 
