statutory crime

  • 1statutory crime. — See statutory offense. * * * …

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  • 2statutory crime — noun : statutory offense …

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  • 3statutory crime. — See statutory offense …

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  • 4crime — / 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 …

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  • 5statutory — stat·u·to·ry / sta chə ˌtōr ē/ adj 1: of or relating to a statute or statutes a statutory provision 2: enacted, created, regulated, or defined by statute a statutory presumption a statutory insider stat·u·to·ri·ly /ˌsta chə tōr ə lē/ …

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  • 6statutory — Relating to a statute; created or defined by a statute; required by a statute; conforming to a statute @ statutory bond One that either literally or substantially meets requirements of statute. Southern Surety Co. v. United States Cast Iron Pipe… …

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  • 7statutory offense — noun crimes created by statutes and not by common law • Syn: ↑statutory offence, ↑regulatory offense, ↑regulatory offence • Hypernyms: ↑crime, ↑offense, ↑criminal offense, ↑criminal offence, ↑ …

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  • 8statutory offense — Law. a wrong punishable under a statute, rather than at common law. Also called statutory crime. [1930 35] * * * …

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  • 9statutory offense — stat′utory offense′ n. law a wrong punishable under a statute, rather than at common law. Also called statutory crime • Etymology: 1930–35 …

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  • 10Crime and Disorder Act 1998 — Parliament of the United Kingdom Long title An Act to make provision for preventing crime and disorder; to create certain racially aggravated offences; to abolish the rebuttable presumption that a child is doli incapax and …

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