infraction of the law
31Offence (law) — In law, an offence is a violation of the criminal law (a.k.a. penal law). In England and Wales, as well as in Hong Kong the term offence means the same thing as, and is interchangeable with, the term crime .[1] The term offence can include… …
32Disturbing the peace — is a crime generally defined as the unsettling of proper order in a public space through one s actions. This can include creating loud noise by fighting or challenging to fight, disturbing others by loud and unreasonable noise (including loud… …
33contrary to law — Illegal; contrary to any law. General Motors Acceptance Corp. v United States, 286 US 49, 76 L Ed 971, 52 S Ct 468, 82 ALR 600. If the term is used in a later statute dealing with the same subject, it may refer to an infraction of the earlier… …
34pleas of the crown — Criminal cases, so called in England, because the majesty of the whole community centers in the king, who by law is supposed to be the person injured by every infraction of the public rights. See 4 Bl Comm 2 …
35crime — / krīm/ n [Middle French, from Latin crimen fault, accusation, crime] 1: conduct that is prohibited and has a specific punishment (as incarceration or fine) prescribed by public law compare delict, tort 2: an offense against public law …
36delinquency — de·lin·quen·cy /di liŋ kwən sē/ n pl cies 1 a: the quality or state of being delinquent b: juvenile delinquency contributing to the delinquency of a minor …
37Classes of offenses under United States federal law — The classes of offenses under United States federal law are as follows: Offense classes Type Class Maximum prison term[1] Maximum fine[2][note 1] Probation term[3][note 2] Maximum supervised release …
38Characters in the Thursday Next Series — The Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde currently consists of the novels The Eyre Affair, Lost in a Good Book, The Well of Lost Plots, Something Rotten, First Among Sequels and One of Our Thursdays Is Missing. Contents 1 The Eyre Affair 1.1… …
39Potato control law — The Potato Control Law (loi sur le contrôle des pommes de terre) de 1929 est une loi américaine fondée sur une politique économique adoptée au début de la Grande Dépression par la Federal Emergency Relief Administration du président Herbert… …
40Places that have decriminalized non-medical marijuana in the United States — Multiple places have decriminalized non medical marijuana in the United States; however, marijuana is illegal under federal law. Gonzales v. Raich (2005) ruled in a 6 3 decision that the Commerce Clause the United States Constitution allowed the… …
