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Misdemeanor

Misdemeanor Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Misdemeanor? [n] a crime less serious than a felony Synonyms \| Synonyms for Misdemeanor: infraction \| infringement \| misdemeanour \| offence \| offense \| violation Related Terms \| Find terms related to Misdemeanor: atrocity \| badness \| breach \| crime \| crime against humanity \| criminal tendency \| criminality \| criminosis \| deadly sin \| delict \| delinquency \| dereliction \| discourtesy \| disorder \| disorderliness \| disorderly conduct \| disruption \| disruptiveness \| enormity \| error \| evil \| evil courses \| evildoing \| failure \| fault \| feloniousness \| felony \| frowned-upon behavior \| genocide \| guilty act \| heavy sin \| hooliganism \| horseplay \| illegality \| impropriety \| indiscretion \| inexpiable sin \| iniquity \| injury \| injustice \| lapse \| lawbreaking \| malefaction \| malfeasance \| malpractice \| malum \| malversation \| minor wrong \| misbehavior \| misconduct \| misdeed \| misdoing \| misfeasance \| misprision \| misprision of treason \| mortal sin \| naughtiness \| nonfeasance \| nonsanctioned behavior \| offense \| omission \| outrage \| peccadillo \| peccancy \| positive misprision \| roughhouse \| rowdiness \| rowdyism \| ruffianism \| sin \| sin of commission \| sin of omission \| sinful act \| slip \| thou scarlet sin \| tort \| transgression \| trespass \| trip \| unutterable sin \| vandalism \| venial sin \| vice \| viciousness \| violation \| wrong \| wrong conduct \| wrongdoing See Also \| bearing false witness \| breach of the peace \| crime \| disorderly behavior \| disorderly conduct \| disturbance of the peace \| false pretence \| false pretense \| indecent exposure \| law-breaking \| lying under oath \| perjury \| public nudity \| sedition Misdemeanor In Webster's Dictionary \Mis`de*mean"or\, n. 1. Ill behavior; evil conduct; fault. --Shak. 2. (Law) A crime less than a felony. --Wharton. Note: As a rule, in the old English law, offenses capitally punishable were felonies; all other indictable offenses were misdemeanors. In common usage, the word crime is employed to denote the offenses of a deeper and more atrocious dye, while small faults and omissions of less consequence are comprised under the gentler name of misdemeanors. --Blackstone. The distinction, however, between felonies and misdemeanors is purely arbitrary, and is in most jurisdictions either abrogated or so far reduced as to be without practical value. Cf. {Felony}. --Wharton. Syn: Misdeed; misconduct; misbehavior; fault; trespass; transgression.

Misdemeanor Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Misdemeanor?

[n] a crime less serious than a felony

Misdemeanor In Webster's Dictionary

\Mis`de*mean"or\, n.
1. Ill behavior; evil conduct; fault. --Shak.

2. (Law) A crime less than a felony. --Wharton.

Note: As a rule, in the old English law, offenses capitally
      punishable were felonies; all other indictable offenses
      were misdemeanors. In common usage, the word crime is
      employed to denote the offenses of a deeper and more
      atrocious dye, while small faults and omissions of less
      consequence are comprised under the gentler name of
      misdemeanors. --Blackstone. The distinction, however,
      between felonies and misdemeanors is purely arbitrary,
      and is in most jurisdictions either abrogated or so far
      reduced as to be without practical value. Cf. {Felony}.
      --Wharton.

Syn: Misdeed; misconduct; misbehavior; fault; trespass;
     transgression.

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