...supposed offences, without having an opportunity of making his defence.* Thirdly: That a crime is an act committed or omitted, in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it.f Fourthly: That a prosecution is, in its most precise signification, an inquiry or mode of ascertaining,...

...conspiracies, assault!)," &c. See 4 Comm. c. I, p. 5, " A crime or misdemeanor, says Blackstone, is an act committed or omitted in violation of a public law,...This general definition comprehends both crimes and misdemeanors, which, properly speaking, are mere synonymous terms, though, in common usage, the word...

...or misdemeanor (says Judge Blackstone) is an ' act committed or omitted, in violation of a pub' lie law either forbidding or commanding it." " This general definition comprehends both crimes ' and misdemeanors, which properly speaking are : mere synonymous terms." There is a public law that prescribes...

...or misdemeanor (says Judge Blackstone) is an ' act committed or omitted, in violation of a pub' lie law either forbidding or commanding it.'' " This general definition comprehends both crimes 1 and misdemeanors, which properly speaking are 1 mere synonymous terms." There is a public law that...

...for crimes and misdemeanors. " A crime or misdemeanor is an act committed or omitted, in violation of public law, either forbidding or commanding it. This general definition comprehends both crimes and misdemeanors, which properly speaking are mere synonymous terms." — 4<A of Black. Com. Now the words,...

...IN PROSECUTIONS FOR CRIMES AT COMMON LAW. GENERAL PRINCIPLES. § 1. A crime is defined to be an act, committed or omitted, in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it1 In the common law, crimes are divided into three classes ; treasons, felonies, and misdemeanors....

...given." And Blackstone, in speaking of the nature of crimes, says: "a crime or misdemeanor is an act committed or omitted in violation of a public law,...This general definition comprehends both crimes and misdemeanors; which, properly speaking, are mere synonymous terms, though in common usage the word...

...misdemeanor or a crime, for in their just and proper acceptation they are synonjmous terms, is an act committed or omitted, in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it. By this test let the conduct of the respondent be tried, and, by it, let him stand justified or condemned....

...criminal proceeding, in its own name. Blackstone defines " a crime or misdemeanor " to be, " an act committed or omitted in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it." 2 But his definition fails in precision ; neither is ours as apt as sometimes we are able to give....

...Countor, Fine. CRIM. CON. An abbreviation of Criminal conversation, (qv) CRIME. [Lat. crimen.] An act committed or omitted, in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it. 4 Bl. Com. 5. — A breach or violation of some public right or duty due to a whole community, considered...