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  • 11cumulative offense — An offense which can be committed only by a repetition of acts of the same kind, which acts may be on different days. An apt illus tration is the offense of being a common gambler. 24 Am J1st Gaming §46 …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 12continuing offense — A continuous unlawful act or a series of acts set on foot by a single impulse and operated by an unintermittent force, however long a time it may occupy; a continuing offense is of such nature that it may be committed partly in one county or… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 13joint offense — A criminal offense committed by two or more persons participating as joint offenders. State ex rel. Flaherty v Ermston, 209 Ind 117, 197 NE 908. See joint offenders …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 14municipal offense — An offense committed against a particular state of the Union or against a separate community. Cook v Portland, 20 Or 580, 27 P 263 …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 15cumulative offense — One which can be committed only by a repetition of acts of the same kind but committed on different days or times …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 16cumulative offense — One which can be committed only by a repetition of acts of the same kind but committed on different days or times …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 17primary offense — noun a) The most serious offence of a group of offenses that a person committed at the same time, or is charged with committing at the same time. b) An offence of such seriousness that a police officer may arrest the person involved, or impose an …

    Wiktionary

  • 18criminal offense — act committed or omitted in violation of a law …

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  • 19Penalty (American football) — A penalty flag on the field during a game on November 16, 2008 between the San Francisco 49ers and St. Louis Rams. In American football and Canadian football, a penalty is a sanction called against a team for a violation of the rules, called a… …

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  • 20crime — crimeless, adj. crimelessness, n. /kruym/, n. 1. an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state and that is legally prohibited. 2. criminal activity and those… …

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