Offense in United States
Offense Definition
In criminal law. The doing that which a penal law forbids to be done, or omitting to do what it commands. In this sense, it is nearly synonymous with crime. In a more confined sense, it may be considered as having the same meaning with misdemeanor; but it differs from it in this, that it is not indictable, but punishable summarily by the forfeiture of a penalty. 1 Chit. Prac. 14.
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Offense | Offense in the World Legal Encyclopedia. |
Offense | Offense in the European Legal Encyclopedia. |
Offense | Offense in the Asian Legal Encyclopedia. |
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Offense | Offense in the Australian Legal Encyclopedia. |
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Offense | Offense in the Environmental Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
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In criminal law. The doing that which a penal law forbids to be done, or omitting to do what it commands. In this sense, it is nearly synonymous with crime. In a more confined sense, it may be considered as having the same meaning with misdemeanor; but it differs from it in this, that it is not indictable, but punishable summarily by the forfeiture of a penalty. 1 Chit. Prac. 14.
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A crime or misdemeanor; a breach of the criminal laws.
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Offenses Known to Law Enforcement, Uniform Crime Reports: Crime in the United States; January 1, 2012
Offenses known to law enforcement., Uniform Crime Reports: Crime in the United States; January 1, 2007
Offenses cleared., Uniform Crime Reports: Crime in the United States; January 1, 2008
Offense in the Works, The Columbian (Vancouver, WA); March 8, 2010; Brian T. Smith
OFFENSE CATCHES ON TO DAYS GONE BY.(Sports), The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI); September 25, 2000
Table 25: Percent of Offenses Cleared by Arrest or Exceptional Means: By Population Group, 2010, Uniform Crime Reports: Crime in the United States; January 1, 2010
Sexual Offenses, Encyclopaedia Judaica; January 1, 2007; Cohn, Haim Elon, Menachem
Offense tabulations: a summary of the tables in this section.(SECTION II: Offenses Reported)(Statistical table), Uniform Crime Reports: Crime in the United States; January 1, 2004
Table 27 Percent of offenses cleared by arrest or exceptional means additional information about selected offenses by population group, 2007.(National clearances data)(Statistical table), Uniform Crime Reports: Crime in the United States; January 1, 2007
Table 26: Percent of Offenses Cleared by Arrest or Exceptional Means: By Region and Geographic Division, 2010, Uniform Crime Reports: Crime in the United States; January 1, 2010
Offenses Cleared, Uniform Crime Reports: Crime in the United States; January 1, 2011
Offenses cleared.(SECTION III)(Statistical table), Uniform Crime Reports: Crime in the United States; January 1, 2004
Offense, defense loving each other, Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); September 25, 2010
Petty offenses, serious consequences: multiple petty offenses and the Sixth Amendment right to jury trial.(Case Note), Michigan Law Review; December 1, 1995; Butler, Jeff E.
Table 26 Percent of offenses cleared by arrest or exceptional means by geographic region and division, 2007.(National clearances data)(Statistical table), Uniform Crime Reports: Crime in the United States; January 1, 2007
Offense doesn’t win championships — yet, Deseret News (Salt Lake City); February 2, 2009; William C. Rhoden New York Times
Table 27: Percent of Offenses Cleared by Arrest or Exceptional Means: Additional Information about Selected Offenses: By Population Group, 2010, Uniform Crime Reports: Crime in the United States; January 1, 2010
Offense taken ; The spread offense has trickled to the high schools, and teams like Bonny Eagle are doing well with it., Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME); September 4, 2008; TOM CHARD By TOM CHARD Staff Writer
Table 25 Percent of offenses cleared by arrest or exceptional means by population group, 2007.(National clearances data)(Statistical table), Uniform Crime Reports: Crime in the United States; January 1, 2007
WVU FOOTBALL: ; Offense does a bit of catching up in scrimmage, The Charleston Gazette (Charleston, WV); April 9, 2009; Dave Hickman
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