 | William Hawkins - Justice, Administration of - 1777 - 830 pages
...punifhed. ibid. i : The true definition of felony is " an offence which occafions a total forfeiture of lands or goods or both at the common law and to which capital or other punimment map be fuperadded according to the degree of guilt." ibid. 13 Capital punimment may be inflifted and... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1791 - 528 pages
...definition of felony feems to be that which is before lai-J down ; viz. an offence which occa- I (ions a total forfeiture of either lands, or goods, or both,...at the common law ; and to which capital or other punifhment may be fuperadded, according to die degree of guilt. To explain this matter a little farther... | |
 | John M'Arthur - Courts-martial and courts of inquiry - 1805 - 494 pages
...properly, into capital offences, and offences only criminal and not capital. Felony is defined to be an offence which occafions a total forfeiture of either...both, at the common law; and to which capital or other punifliment may be fuperadded, according to the degree of guilt *. The true criterion of felony is... | |
 | Henry Potter - Justices of the peace - 1816 - 474 pages
...allows, may be indicted for extortion. See Extortions FELONY. Felony is an offence which 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... | |
 | William Oldnall Russell - Criminal law - 1824 - 594 pages
...adequate definition of it is stated 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 which capital or other punishment may be superadded according to the degree of guilt, (a) Capital punishment does by no means... | |
 | sir William Blackstone - Law - 1825 - 584 pages
...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 may be superadded, according to the degree of guilt. i To explain this matter a little farther... | |
 | William Oldnall Russell - Criminal law - 1826 - 780 pages
...recurs to the subject of 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 which capital or other punishment may be superadded according to the degree of guilt, (a) Capital punishment does by no means... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 822 pages
...the only adequate definition of felony seems to be, an offence which occasions a total forfeiture of lands or goods, or both, at the common law ; and to which capital or other punishment may be superadded, according to the degree of guilt. To explain this farther: The word felony,... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1836 - 704 pages
...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 may be superadded, according to the degree of guilt. Sai£rteto?f To explain this matter... | |
 | Sir Edward Coke, John Henry Thomas - Land tenure - 1836 - 772 pages
...267. Fost. 372. 3 P. Wms. 475, 476 — {Ed.~} (E) telony is defined to be, 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 may lusuperadded, according to the degree of guilt. 4 Bl. Com. 95. The word itself is of... | |
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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... 
