Search results for: “misdemeanor”

  • Misdemeanor

    Introduction to Misdemeanor Misdemeanor, in criminal law, term applied to any offense other than a felony. In the U.S., the criminal codes of the states vary in their classifications of the offenses considered misdemeanors, but misdemeanors are always the less serious crimes. Examples of such […]

  • Misdemeanor

    Introduction to Misdemeanor Misdemeanor, in criminal law, term applied to any offense other than a felony. In the U.S., the criminal codes of the states vary in their classifications of the offenses considered misdemeanors, but misdemeanors are always the less serious crimes. Examples of such […]

  • Criminal law: Felonies and misdemeanors

    Felonies and misdemeanors •Felony. A felony is a serious crime, usually defined as punishable by one year or more in prison. Felonies include such violent crimes as murder, armed robbery, and rape, and also some non-violent crimes – embezzlement, burglary, drug dealing, etc. The fact that the possible penalty for a felony is a year…

  • Corporate Social Responsibility

    Corporate Social Responsibility: Asia's (chinese) Paradigm of Corporate Social Responsibility, the Law and other Social Sciences In Asia, as elsewhere around the world, societies have a long history of cultural and religious giving. The idea of business' responsibility to give back to […]

  • Common Law

    Introduction to Common Law "Common Law, term used to refer to the main body of English unwritten law that evolved from the 12th century onward. The name comes from the idea that English medieval law, as administered by the courts of the realm, reflected the "common"customs of […]

  • Common Law

    Introduction to Common Law "Common Law, term used to refer to the main body of English unwritten law that evolved from the 12th century onward. The name comes from the idea that English medieval law, as administered by the courts of the realm, reflected the "common"customs of […]

  • Crime

    Introduction to Crime Crime, commission of an act or act of omission that violates the law and is punishable by the state. Crimes are considered injurious to society or the community, as distinguished from torts (see Tort) and breach of contract. As defined by law, a crime includes both the […]

  • Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms

    The Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms Details of The Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms Author: Amy Hackney Blackwell Date of publishing: 2008 Publisher: Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc, Naperville, Illinois 60567-4410, United States Contents of The Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms Abandon Abatable Nuisance Abate Abatement of a Legacy Abatement of Taxes Abdicate…

  • Classification of Crimes

    Criminal Law: Classification of Crimes Introduction to Classification of Crimes Crimes are classified in many different ways: common law crimes versus statutory crimes, and crimes that are mala in se (evil in themselves) versus those that are mala prohibita (criminal only because the law says […]

  • Classification of Crimes

    Criminal Law: Classification of Crimes Introduction to Classification of Crimes Crimes are classified in many different ways: common law crimes versus statutory crimes, and crimes that are mala in se (evil in themselves) versus those that are mala prohibita (criminal only because the law says […]

  • Revolutionary Struggle

    Revolutionary Struggle in 2016 aka RS; Epanastatikos Aghonas; EA Activities RS first gained notoriety when it claimed responsibility for the September 5, 2003, bombings at the Athens Courthouse during the trials of 17 November members. From 2004 to 2006, RS carried out a number of improvised […]

  • Revolutionary Struggle

    Revolutionary Struggle in 2016 aka RS; Epanastatikos Aghonas; EA Activities RS first gained notoriety when it claimed responsibility for the September 5, 2003, bombings at the Athens Courthouse during the trials of 17 November members. From 2004 to 2006, RS carried out a number of improvised […]

  • Arson

    Arson, in the law of the United Kingdom and the United States, the act of willfully and maliciously setting fire to a house, building, or other property. Under common law, arson was the willful and malicious burning of the house of another person and was considered a felony punishable by […]

  • Arson

    Arson, in the law of the United Kingdom and the United States, the act of willfully and maliciously setting fire to a house, building, or other property. Under common law, arson was the willful and malicious burning of the house of another person and was considered a felony punishable by […]

  • Bribery

    Bribery, in law, the illegal influencing of any person in the exercise of a public duty through the payment of money or anything of value. In the code set down by the Babylonian king Hammurabi, bribery was a punishable offense. By modern common law and statute, the tenderer and the solicitor […]