| slovo | definícia |
criminal
(mass) | criminal
- kriminálny, zločinecký, zločinec |
criminal
(encz) | criminal,kriminální Zdeněk Brož |
criminal
(encz) | criminal,recidivista Zdeněk Brož |
criminal
(encz) | criminal,trestní Zdeněk Brož |
criminal
(encz) | criminal,trestný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
criminal
(encz) | criminal,zločinec |
criminal
(encz) | criminal,zločinný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Criminal
(gcide) | Criminal \Crim"i*nal\ (kr?m"?-nal), a. [L. criminalis, fr.
crimen: cf. F. criminel. See Crime.]
1. Guilty of crime or sin.
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The neglect of any of the relative duties renders us
criminal in the sight of God. --Rogers.
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2. Involving a crime; of the nature of a crime; -- said of an
act or of conduct; as, criminal carelessness.
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Foppish and fantastic ornaments are only indications
of vice, not criminal in themselves. --Addison.
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3. Relating to crime; -- opposed to civil; as, the criminal
code.
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The officers and servants of the crown, violating
the personal liberty, or other right of the subject
. . . were in some cases liable to criminal process.
--Hallam.
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Criminal action (Law), an action or suit instituted to
secure conviction and punishment for a crime.
Criminal conversation (Law), unlawful intercourse with a
married woman; adultery; -- usually abbreviated, crim.
con.
Criminal law, the law which relates to crimes.
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Criminal
(gcide) | Criminal \Crim"i*nal\, n.
One who has commited a crime; especially, one who is found
guilty by verdict, confession, or proof; a malefactor; a
felon.
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criminal
(wn) | criminal
adj 1: bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure; "a
criminal waste of talent"; "a deplorable act of
violence"; "adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as
for a wife" [syn: condemnable, criminal,
deplorable, reprehensible, vicious]
2: guilty of crime or serious offense; "criminal in the sight of
God and man"
3: involving or being or having the nature of a crime; "a
criminal offense"; "criminal abuse"; "felonious intent" [syn:
criminal, felonious]
n 1: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally
convicted of a crime [syn: criminal, felon, crook,
outlaw, malefactor] |
CRIMINAL
(bouvier) | CRIMINAL. Relating to, or having the character of crime; as, criminal law,
criminal conversation, &c. It also signifies a person convicted of a crime.
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criminal
(mass) | criminal
- kriminálny, zločinecký, zločinec |
criminal assault
(mass) | criminal assault
- znásilnenie |
criminal
(encz) | criminal,kriminální Zdeněk Brožcriminal,recidivista Zdeněk Brožcriminal,trestní Zdeněk Brožcriminal,trestný adj: Zdeněk Brožcriminal,zločinec criminal,zločinný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
criminal assault
(encz) | criminal assault,násilné napadení criminal assault,znásilnění |
criminal careless
(encz) | criminal careless,trestuhodná nedbalost |
criminal congress
(encz) | criminal congress, n: |
criminal connexion
(encz) | criminal connexion,cizoložství |
criminal contempt
(encz) | criminal contempt,urážka soudu |
criminal conversation
(encz) | criminal conversation,cizoložství |
criminal court
(encz) | criminal court, n: |
criminal idiot
(encz) | criminal idiot,trestuhodný idiot |
criminal investigation department
(encz) | Criminal Investigation Department,oddělení pro vyšetřování u britské
policie Jiří Šmoldas |
criminal law
(encz) | criminal law, n: |
criminal negligence
(encz) | criminal negligence, n: |
criminal possession
(encz) | criminal possession, n: |
criminal prosecution
(encz) | criminal prosecution, n: |
criminal record
(encz) | criminal record, n: |
criminal suit
(encz) | criminal suit, n: |
criminalisation
(encz) | criminalisation,kriminalizování n: Zdeněk Brož |
criminalise
(encz) | criminalise,kriminalizovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
criminalised
(encz) | criminalised,kriminalizoval v: Zdeněk Brož |
criminalising
(encz) | criminalising, |
criminalism
(encz) | criminalism, n: |
criminality
(encz) | criminality,kriminalita n: Zdeněk Brož |
criminalization
(encz) | criminalization, n: |
criminally
(encz) | criminally,trestně adv: Zdeněk Brožcriminally,trestuhodně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
criminalness
(encz) | criminalness, n: |
criminals
(encz) | criminals,kriminálníci n: pl. Zdeněk Brožcriminals,zločinci n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
decriminalisation
(encz) | decriminalisation,dekriminalizace n: Zdeněk Brož |
decriminalise
(encz) | decriminalise,dekriminalizovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
decriminalised
(encz) | decriminalised,dekriminalizoval v: Zdeněk Brož |
decriminalising
(encz) | decriminalising, |
decriminalization
(encz) | decriminalization, |
decriminalize
(encz) | decriminalize, |
desperate criminal
(encz) | desperate criminal, n: |
habitual criminal
(encz) | habitual criminal, n: |
noncriminal
(encz) | noncriminal,netrestný noncriminal,netýkající se trestního práva noncriminal,nezločinný |
war criminal
(encz) | war criminal,válečný zločinec n: web |
Criminal action
(gcide) | Criminal \Crim"i*nal\ (kr?m"?-nal), a. [L. criminalis, fr.
crimen: cf. F. criminel. See Crime.]
1. Guilty of crime or sin.
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The neglect of any of the relative duties renders us
criminal in the sight of God. --Rogers.
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2. Involving a crime; of the nature of a crime; -- said of an
act or of conduct; as, criminal carelessness.
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Foppish and fantastic ornaments are only indications
of vice, not criminal in themselves. --Addison.
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3. Relating to crime; -- opposed to civil; as, the criminal
code.
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The officers and servants of the crown, violating
the personal liberty, or other right of the subject
. . . were in some cases liable to criminal process.
--Hallam.
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Criminal action (Law), an action or suit instituted to
secure conviction and punishment for a crime.
Criminal conversation (Law), unlawful intercourse with a
married woman; adultery; -- usually abbreviated, crim.
con.
Criminal law, the law which relates to crimes.
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Criminal conversation
(gcide) | Criminal \Crim"i*nal\ (kr?m"?-nal), a. [L. criminalis, fr.
crimen: cf. F. criminel. See Crime.]
1. Guilty of crime or sin.
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The neglect of any of the relative duties renders us
criminal in the sight of God. --Rogers.
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2. Involving a crime; of the nature of a crime; -- said of an
act or of conduct; as, criminal carelessness.
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Foppish and fantastic ornaments are only indications
of vice, not criminal in themselves. --Addison.
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3. Relating to crime; -- opposed to civil; as, the criminal
code.
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The officers and servants of the crown, violating
the personal liberty, or other right of the subject
. . . were in some cases liable to criminal process.
--Hallam.
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Criminal action (Law), an action or suit instituted to
secure conviction and punishment for a crime.
Criminal conversation (Law), unlawful intercourse with a
married woman; adultery; -- usually abbreviated, crim.
con.
Criminal law, the law which relates to crimes.
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Criminal law
(gcide) | Law \Law\ (l[add]), n. [OE. lawe, laghe, AS. lagu, from the root
of E. lie: akin to OS. lag, Icel. l["o]g, Sw. lag, Dan. lov;
cf. L. lex, E. legal. A law is that which is laid, set, or
fixed; like statute, fr. L. statuere to make to stand. See
Lie to be prostrate.]
1. In general, a rule of being or of conduct, established by
an authority able to enforce its will; a controlling
regulation; the mode or order according to which an agent
or a power acts.
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Note: A law may be universal or particular, written or
unwritten, published or secret. From the nature of the
highest laws a degree of permanency or stability is
always implied; but the power which makes a law, or a
superior power, may annul or change it.
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These are the statutes and judgments and laws,
which the Lord made. --Lev. xxvi.
46.
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The law of thy God, and the law of the King.
--Ezra vii.
26.
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As if they would confine the Interminable . . .
Who made our laws to bind us, not himself.
--Milton.
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His mind his kingdom, and his will his law.
--Cowper.
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2. In morals: The will of God as the rule for the disposition
and conduct of all responsible beings toward him and
toward each other; a rule of living, conformable to
righteousness; the rule of action as obligatory on the
conscience or moral nature.
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3. The Jewish or Mosaic code, and that part of Scripture
where it is written, in distinction from the gospel;
hence, also, the Old Testament. Specifically: the first
five books of the bible, called also Torah, Pentatech,
or Law of Moses.
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What things soever the law saith, it saith to them
who are under the law . . . But now the
righteousness of God without the law is manifested,
being witnessed by the law and the prophets. --Rom.
iii. 19, 21.
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4. In human government:
(a) An organic rule, as a constitution or charter,
establishing and defining the conditions of the
existence of a state or other organized community.
(b) Any edict, decree, order, ordinance, statute,
resolution, judicial, decision, usage, etc., or
recognized, and enforced, by the controlling
authority.
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5. In philosophy and physics: A rule of being, operation, or
change, so certain and constant that it is conceived of as
imposed by the will of God or by some controlling
authority; as, the law of gravitation; the laws of motion;
the law heredity; the laws of thought; the laws of cause
and effect; law of self-preservation.
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6. In mathematics: The rule according to which anything, as
the change of value of a variable, or the value of the
terms of a series, proceeds; mode or order of sequence.
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7. In arts, works, games, etc.: The rules of construction, or
of procedure, conforming to the conditions of success; a
principle, maxim; or usage; as, the laws of poetry, of
architecture, of courtesy, or of whist.
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8. Collectively, the whole body of rules relating to one
subject, or emanating from one source; -- including
usually the writings pertaining to them, and judicial
proceedings under them; as, divine law; English law; Roman
law; the law of real property; insurance law.
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9. Legal science; jurisprudence; the principles of equity;
applied justice.
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Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law
itself is nothing else but reason. --Coke.
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Law is beneficence acting by rule. --Burke.
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And sovereign Law, that state's collected will
O'er thrones and globes elate,
Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill. --Sir
W. Jones.
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10. Trial by the laws of the land; judicial remedy;
litigation; as, to go law.
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When every case in law is right. --Shak.
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He found law dear and left it cheap. --Brougham.
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11. An oath, as in the presence of a court. [Obs.] See {Wager
of law}, under Wager.
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Avogadro's law (Chem.), a fundamental conception, according
to which, under similar conditions of temperature and
pressure, all gases and vapors contain in the same volume
the same number of ultimate molecules; -- so named after
Avogadro, an Italian scientist. Sometimes called
Amp[`e]re's law.
Bode's law (Astron.), an approximative empirical expression
of the distances of the planets from the sun, as follows:
-- Mer. Ven. Earth. Mars. Aste. Jup. Sat. Uran. Nep. 4 4 4
4 4 4 4 4 4 0 3 6 12 24 48 96 192 384 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
--- --- 4 7 10 16 28 52 100 196 388 5.9 7.3 10 15.2 27.4
52 95.4 192 300 where each distance (line third) is the
sum of 4 and a multiple of 3 by the series 0, 1, 2, 4, 8,
etc., the true distances being given in the lower line.
Boyle's law (Physics), an expression of the fact, that when
an elastic fluid is subjected to compression, and kept at
a constant temperature, the product of the pressure and
volume is a constant quantity, i. e., the volume is
inversely proportioned to the pressure; -- known also as
Mariotte's law, and the law of Boyle and Mariotte.
Brehon laws. See under Brehon.
Canon law, the body of ecclesiastical law adopted in the
Christian Church, certain portions of which (for example,
the law of marriage as existing before the Council of
Tent) were brought to America by the English colonists as
part of the common law of the land. --Wharton.
Civil law, a term used by writers to designate Roman law,
with modifications thereof which have been made in the
different countries into which that law has been
introduced. The civil law, instead of the common law,
prevails in the State of Louisiana. --Wharton.
Commercial law. See Law merchant (below).
Common law. See under Common.
Criminal law, that branch of jurisprudence which relates to
crimes.
Ecclesiastical law. See under Ecclesiastical.
Grimm's law (Philol.), a statement (propounded by the
German philologist Jacob Grimm) of certain regular changes
which the primitive Indo-European mute consonants,
so-called (most plainly seen in Sanskrit and, with some
changes, in Greek and Latin), have undergone in the
Teutonic languages. Examples: Skr. bh[=a]t[.r], L. frater,
E. brother, G. bruder; L. tres, E. three, G. drei, Skr.
go, E. cow, G. kuh; Skr. dh[=a] to put, Gr. ti-qe`-nai, E.
do, OHG, tuon, G. thun. See also lautverschiebung.
Kepler's laws (Astron.), three important laws or
expressions of the order of the planetary motions,
discovered by John Kepler. They are these: (1) The orbit
of a planet with respect to the sun is an ellipse, the sun
being in one of the foci. (2) The areas swept over by a
vector drawn from the sun to a planet are proportioned to
the times of describing them. (3) The squares of the times
of revolution of two planets are in the ratio of the cubes
of their mean distances.
Law binding, a plain style of leather binding, used for law
books; -- called also law calf.
Law book, a book containing, or treating of, laws.
Law calf. See Law binding (above).
Law day.
(a) Formerly, a day of holding court, esp. a court-leet.
(b) The day named in a mortgage for the payment of the
money to secure which it was given. [U. S.]
Law French, the dialect of Norman, which was used in
judicial proceedings and law books in England from the
days of William the Conqueror to the thirty-sixth year of
Edward III.
Law language, the language used in legal writings and
forms.
Law Latin. See under Latin.
Law lords, peers in the British Parliament who have held
high judicial office, or have been noted in the legal
profession.
Law merchant, or Commercial law, a system of rules by
which trade and commerce are regulated; -- deduced from
the custom of merchants, and regulated by judicial
decisions, as also by enactments of legislatures.
Law of Charles (Physics), the law that the volume of a
given mass of gas increases or decreases, by a definite
fraction of its value for a given rise or fall of
temperature; -- sometimes less correctly styled {Gay
Lussac's law}, or Dalton's law.
Law of nations. See International law, under
International.
Law of nature.
(a) A broad generalization expressive of the constant
action, or effect, of natural conditions; as, death
is a law of nature; self-defense is a law of nature.
See Law, 4.
(b) A term denoting the standard, or system, of morality
deducible from a study of the nature and natural
relations of human beings independent of supernatural
revelation or of municipal and social usages.
Law of the land, due process of law; the general law of the
land.
Laws of honor. See under Honor.
Laws of motion (Physics), three laws defined by Sir Isaac
Newton: (1) Every body perseveres in its state of rest or
of moving uniformly in a straight line, except so far as
it is made to change that state by external force. (2)
Change of motion is proportional to the impressed force,
and takes place in the direction in which the force is
impressed. (3) Reaction is always equal and opposite to
action, that is to say, the actions of two bodies upon
each other are always equal and in opposite directions.
Marine law, or Maritime law, the law of the sea; a branch
of the law merchant relating to the affairs of the sea,
such as seamen, ships, shipping, navigation, and the like.
--Bouvier.
Mariotte's law. See Boyle's law (above).
Martial law.See under Martial.
Military law, a branch of the general municipal law,
consisting of rules ordained for the government of the
military force of a state in peace and war, and
administered in courts martial. --Kent. --Warren's
Blackstone.
Moral law, the law of duty as regards what is right and
wrong in the sight of God; specifically, the ten
commandments given by Moses. See Law, 2.
Mosaic law, or Ceremonial law. (Script.) See Law, 3.
Municipal law, or Positive law, a rule prescribed by the
supreme power of a state, declaring some right, enforcing
some duty, or prohibiting some act; -- distinguished from
international law and constitutional law. See Law,
1.
Periodic law. (Chem.) See under Periodic.
Roman law, the system of principles and laws found in the
codes and treatises of the lawmakers and jurists of
ancient Rome, and incorporated more or less into the laws
of the several European countries and colonies founded by
them. See Civil law (above).
Statute law, the law as stated in statutes or positive
enactments of the legislative body.
Sumptuary law. See under Sumptuary.
To go to law, to seek a settlement of any matter by
bringing it before the courts of law; to sue or prosecute
some one.
To take the law of, or To have the law of, to bring the
law to bear upon; as, to take the law of one's neighbor.
--Addison.
Wager of law. See under Wager.
Syn: Justice; equity.
Usage: Law, Statute, Common law, Regulation, Edict,
Decree. Law is generic, and, when used with
reference to, or in connection with, the other words
here considered, denotes whatever is commanded by one
who has a right to require obedience. A statute is a
particular law drawn out in form, and distinctly
enacted and proclaimed. Common law is a rule of action
founded on long usage and the decisions of courts of
justice. A regulation is a limited and often,
temporary law, intended to secure some particular end
or object. An edict is a command or law issued by a
sovereign, and is peculiar to a despotic government. A
decree is a permanent order either of a court or of
the executive government. See Justice.
[1913 Webster]Criminal \Crim"i*nal\ (kr?m"?-nal), a. [L. criminalis, fr.
crimen: cf. F. criminel. See Crime.]
1. Guilty of crime or sin.
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The neglect of any of the relative duties renders us
criminal in the sight of God. --Rogers.
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2. Involving a crime; of the nature of a crime; -- said of an
act or of conduct; as, criminal carelessness.
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Foppish and fantastic ornaments are only indications
of vice, not criminal in themselves. --Addison.
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3. Relating to crime; -- opposed to civil; as, the criminal
code.
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The officers and servants of the crown, violating
the personal liberty, or other right of the subject
. . . were in some cases liable to criminal process.
--Hallam.
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Criminal action (Law), an action or suit instituted to
secure conviction and punishment for a crime.
Criminal conversation (Law), unlawful intercourse with a
married woman; adultery; -- usually abbreviated, crim.
con.
Criminal law, the law which relates to crimes.
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Criminalist
(gcide) | Criminalist \Crim"i*nal*ist\, n.
One versed in criminal law. [R.]
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Criminality
(gcide) | Criminality \Crim`i*nal"i*ty\ (kr?m`?-n?l"?-t?), n. [LL.
criminalitas, fr. L. criminalis. See Criminal.]
The quality or state of being criminal; that which
constitutes a crime; guiltiness; guilt.
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This is by no means the only criterion of criminality.
--Blackstone.
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criminalize
(gcide) | criminalize \criminalize\ v. t.
to declare (an act) to be illegal.
Syn: outlaw, illegalize, ban.
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Criminally
(gcide) | Criminally \Crim"i*nal*ly\ (kr?m"?-nal-l?), adv.
In violation of law; wickedly.
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Criminalness
(gcide) | Criminalness \Crim"i*nal*ness\, n.
Criminality. [R.]
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Discriminal
(gcide) | Discriminal \Dis*crim"i*nal\, a. [L. discriminalis serving to
divide.]
In palmistry, applied to the line which marks the separation
between the hand and the arm.
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Purchase criminal
(gcide) | Purchase \Pur"chase\ (?; 48), n. [OE. purchds, F. pourchas eager
pursuit. See Purchase, v. t.]
1. The act of seeking, getting, or obtaining anything. [Obs.]
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I'll . . . get meat to have thee,
Or lose my life in the purchase. --Beau. & Fl.
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2. The act of seeking and acquiring property.
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3. The acquisition of title to, or properly in, anything for
a price; buying for money or its equivalent.
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It is foolish to lay out money in the purchase of
repentance. --Franklin.
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4. That which is obtained, got, or acquired, in any manner,
honestly or dishonestly; property; possession;
acquisition. --Chaucer. B. Jonson.
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We met with little purchase upon this coast, except
two small vessels of Golconda. --De Foe.
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A beauty-waning and distressed widow . . .
Made prize and purchase of his lustful eye. --Shak.
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5. That which is obtained for a price in money or its
equivalent. "The scrip was complete evidence of his right
in the purchase." --Wheaton.
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6. Any mechanical hold, or advantage, applied to the raising
or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle,
capstan, and the like; also, the apparatus, tackle, or
device by which the advantage is gained.
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A politician, to do great things, looks for a power
-- what our workmen call a purchase. --Burke.
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7. (Law) Acquisition of lands or tenements by other means
than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or
agreement. --Blackstone.
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Purchase criminal, robbery. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Purchase money, the money paid, or contracted to be paid,
for anything bought. --Berkeley.
Worth [so many] years' purchase, or {At [so many] years'
purchase}, a phrase by which the value or cost of a thing is
expressed in the length of time required for the income to
amount to the purchasing price; as, he bought the estate
at a twenty years' purchase. To say one's life is
not worth a day's purchase in the same as saying one will
not live a day, or is in imminent peril.
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criminal
(wn) | criminal
adj 1: bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure; "a
criminal waste of talent"; "a deplorable act of
violence"; "adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as
for a wife" [syn: condemnable, criminal,
deplorable, reprehensible, vicious]
2: guilty of crime or serious offense; "criminal in the sight of
God and man"
3: involving or being or having the nature of a crime; "a
criminal offense"; "criminal abuse"; "felonious intent" [syn:
criminal, felonious]
n 1: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally
convicted of a crime [syn: criminal, felon, crook,
outlaw, malefactor] |
criminal congress
(wn) | criminal congress
n 1: forbidden or tabu sexual intercourse between individuals
[syn: unlawful carnal knowledge, criminal congress] |
criminal contempt
(wn) | criminal contempt
n 1: an act of disrespect that impedes the administration of
justice |
criminal conversation
(wn) | criminal conversation
n 1: extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes
with marriage relations; "adultery is often cited as
grounds for divorce" [syn: adultery, {criminal
conversation}, fornication] |
criminal court
(wn) | criminal court
n 1: a court having jurisdiction over criminal cases |
criminal intelligence services of canada
(wn) | Criminal Intelligence Services of Canada
n 1: an agency of the Canadian government that unifies the
intelligence units of Canadian law enforcement agencies
[syn: Criminal Intelligence Services of Canada, CISC] |
criminal investigation command
(wn) | Criminal Investigation Command
n 1: the United States Army's principal law enforcement agency
responsible for the conduct of criminal investigations for
all levels of the Army anywhere in the world [syn:
Criminal Investigation Command, CID] |
criminal law
(wn) | criminal law
n 1: the body of law dealing with crimes and their punishment |
criminal maintenance
(wn) | criminal maintenance
n 1: the unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person
having no interest in it (as by helping one party with
money or otherwise to continue the action) so as to
obstruct justice or promote unnecessary litigation or
unsettle the peace of the community; "unlike champerty,
criminal maintenance does not necessarily involve personal
profit" [syn: maintenance, criminal maintenance] |
criminal negligence
(wn) | criminal negligence
n 1: (law) recklessly acting without reasonable caution and
putting another person at risk of injury or death (or
failing to do something with the same consequences) [syn:
criminal negligence, culpable negligence] |
criminal offence
(wn) | criminal offence
n 1: (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered
an evil act; "a long record of crimes" [syn: crime,
offense, criminal offense, criminal offence,
offence, law-breaking] |
criminal offense
(wn) | criminal offense
n 1: (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered
an evil act; "a long record of crimes" [syn: crime,
offense, criminal offense, criminal offence,
offence, law-breaking] |
criminal possession
(wn) | criminal possession
n 1: (law) possession for which criminal sanctions are provided
because the property may not lawfully be possessed or may
not be possessed under certain circumstances |
criminal prosecution
(wn) | criminal prosecution
n 1: the institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a
defendant for criminal behavior [syn: prosecution,
criminal prosecution] [ant: defence, defense,
demurrer, denial] |
criminal record
(wn) | criminal record
n 1: a list of crimes for which an accused person has been
previously convicted; "he ruled that the criminal record of
the defendant could not be disclosed to the court"; "the
prostitute had a record a mile long" [syn: {criminal
record}, record] |
criminal suit
(wn) | criminal suit
n 1: a lawsuit alleging violations of criminal law by the
defendant |
criminalisation
(wn) | criminalisation
n 1: legislation that makes something illegal; "the
criminalization of marijuana" [syn: criminalization,
criminalisation] [ant: decriminalisation,
decriminalization] |
criminalise
(wn) | criminalise
v 1: declare illegal; outlaw; "Marijuana is criminalized in the
U.S." [syn: outlaw, criminalize, criminalise,
illegalize, illegalise] [ant: decriminalise,
decriminalize, legalise, legalize, legitimate,
legitimatise, legitimatize, legitimise, legitimize] |
criminalism
(wn) | criminalism
n 1: the state of being a criminal [syn: criminalism,
criminality, criminalness] |
criminality
(wn) | criminality
n 1: the state of being a criminal [syn: criminalism,
criminality, criminalness] |
criminalization
(wn) | criminalization
n 1: legislation that makes something illegal; "the
criminalization of marijuana" [syn: criminalization,
criminalisation] [ant: decriminalisation,
decriminalization] |
criminalize
(wn) | criminalize
v 1: treat as a criminal
2: declare illegal; outlaw; "Marijuana is criminalized in the
U.S." [syn: outlaw, criminalize, criminalise,
illegalize, illegalise] [ant: decriminalise,
decriminalize, legalise, legalize, legitimate,
legitimatise, legitimatize, legitimise, legitimize] |
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