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desertion
(encz) | desertion,dezerce n: Zdeněk Brož |
Desertion
(gcide) | Desertion \De*ser"tion\ (d[-e]*z[~e]r"sh[u^]n), n. [L. desertio:
cf. F. d['e]sertion.]
1. The act of deserting or forsaking; abandonment of a
service, a cause, a party, a friend, or any post of duty;
the quitting of one's duties willfully and without right;
esp., an absconding from military or naval service.
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Such a resignation would have seemed to his superior
a desertion or a reproach. --Bancroft.
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2. The state of being forsaken; desolation; as, the king in
his desertion.
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3. Abandonment by God; spiritual despondency.
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The spiritual agonies of a soul under desertion.
--South.
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desertion
(wn) | desertion
n 1: withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or
responsibility; "his abandonment of his wife and children
left them penniless" [syn: desertion, abandonment,
defection]
2: the act of giving something up [syn: abandonment,
forsaking, desertion] |
DESERTION
(bouvier) | DESERTION, crim. law. An offence which consists in the abandonment of the
public service, in the army or navy, without leave.
2. The Act of March 16, 1802, s. 19, enacts, that if any non-
commissioned officer, musician, or private, shall desert the service of the
United States, he shall, in addition to the penalties mentioned in the rules
and articles of war, be liable to serve for and during such period as shall,
with the time he may have served previous to his desertion, amount to the
full term of his enlistment; and such soldier shall and may be tried by a
court-martial, and punished, although the term of his enlistment may have
elapsed previous to his being apprehended or tried.
3. By the articles of war, it is enacted, that "any non-commissioned
officer or soldier who shall, without leave from his commanding officer,
absent himself from his troop, company, or detachment, shall, upon being
convicted thereof, be punished, according to the nature of his offence, at
the discretion of a court-martial." Art. 21.
4. By the articles for the government of the navy, art. 16, it is
enacted, that "if any person in the navy shall desert to an enemy, or rebel,
he shall suffer death;" and by art. 17, "if any person in the navy shall
desert, or shall entice others to desert, he shall suffer death, or such
other punishment as a court-martial shall adjudge."
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DESERTION
(bouvier) | DESERTION, torts. The act by which a man abandons his wife and children, or
either of them.
2. On proof of desertion, the courts possess the power to grant the
'Wife, or such children as have been deserted, alimony (q.v.)
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DESERTION
(bouvier) | DESERTION, MALICIOUS. The act of a husband or wife, in leaving a consort,
without just cause, for the purpose of causing a perpetual separation. Vide
Abandonment, malicious.
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desertion
(encz) | desertion,dezerce n: Zdeněk Brož |
Desertion
(gcide) | Desertion \De*ser"tion\ (d[-e]*z[~e]r"sh[u^]n), n. [L. desertio:
cf. F. d['e]sertion.]
1. The act of deserting or forsaking; abandonment of a
service, a cause, a party, a friend, or any post of duty;
the quitting of one's duties willfully and without right;
esp., an absconding from military or naval service.
[1913 Webster]
Such a resignation would have seemed to his superior
a desertion or a reproach. --Bancroft.
[1913 Webster]
2. The state of being forsaken; desolation; as, the king in
his desertion.
[1913 Webster]
3. Abandonment by God; spiritual despondency.
[1913 Webster]
The spiritual agonies of a soul under desertion.
--South.
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desertion
(wn) | desertion
n 1: withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or
responsibility; "his abandonment of his wife and children
left them penniless" [syn: desertion, abandonment,
defection]
2: the act of giving something up [syn: abandonment,
forsaking, desertion] |
DESERTION OF SEAMEN
(bouvier) | DESERTION OF SEAMEN, contracts. The abandonment, by a sailor, of a ship or
vessel, in which he engaged to perform a voyage, before the expiration of
his time, and without leave.
2. Desertion, without just cause, renders the sailor liable, on his
shipping articles, for damages, and will, besides, work a forfeiture of his
wages previously earned. 3 Kent, Com. 155. It has been decided, in England,
that leaving the ship before the completion of the voyage is not desertion,
in the case, 1. Of the seaman's entering into the public service, either
voluntarily or by impress; and 2. When he is compelled to leave it by the
inhuman treatment of the captain. 2 Esp. R. 269; 1 Bell's Com. 514, 5th ed.;
2 Rob. Adm. R. 232.
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