Legal Term Dictionary

Robbery is the felonious taking of personal property in the possession of another, from bis person or immediate presence, and against his will, accomplished by means of force or fear. Pen. Code Cal. $.211; I Hawk. P. C. 25; 4 Bl. Comm. 243; United States v. Jones, 3 Wash. G. More...

Robbery is the felonious taking of personal property in the possession of another, from bis person or immediate presence, and against his will, accomplished by means of force or fear. Pen. Code Cal. $.211; I Hawk. P. C. 25; 4 Bl. Comm. 243; United States v. Jones, 3 Wash. G. C. 209, Fed. Cas. No. 10,494; Seymour v. State, 15 Ind" 288,% McDaniel v. State, 16 Miss. 401, 47 Am. Dec 93. - Robbery is the wrongful, fraudulent, and violent taking of money, goods, or chattels* from the person of another by force, or inr timidatlon, without the consent of ti*e owner. Code Ga. 1882, ? 4389. Bobbery is where a person, either with violence or with threats of injury, and putting the person robbed in fear, takes and carries away a thing which is on the body, or in the immediate presence, of tbe person from whom It is taken, under such circum* stances that, in the absence of violence or threats, the act committed would be a theft Steph. Crim. Dig. 208; 2 Russ. Crimes, 78. And see, further, State v. Osborne, 116 Iowa, 479, 89 N. W. 1077 ; In re Coffey, 128 Cal. 622, 56 Pac. 448; Matthews v. State, 4 Ohio St 540; Benson v. McMahon, 127 U.. S. 457, 8 Sup. Ct. 1240, 32 L. Ed. 234* State v. McGihnis, 158 Mo. 105, 59 S. W. 83; State v. Burke, 73 N. 0. 87;, Reardon v. State, 4 Tex. App. 610; Houston v. Com.^ 87 Va. 257, 12 S. E. 385; Thomas v. State, 91 Ala. 34, 9 South. 81; Hickey v. State, 23 Ind. 22. -Highway robbery. In criminal law. The crime of robbery committed upon or near a public highway. State v. Brown, 113 N. C. 645, 18 S. E. 51. In England, by St 23 Hen. VIII. c. 1, this was made felony without benefit of clergy, while, robbery committed elsewhere was less severely punished. Less...

Lat In Roman law. An asking for a law; a proposal of a law for adoption or passage. Derivatively, a law passed by such a form.

Lat In Roman law. An asking for a law; a proposal of a law for adoption or passage. Derivatively, a law passed by such a form. Less...

in making a nuncupative will, is where the testator formally calls upon the persons present to Dear Witness that he has declared his will. Williams! Ex'rs, 116; Browne, Prob. Pr. 59.

in making a nuncupative will, is where the testator formally calls upon the persons present to Dear Witness that he has declared his will. Williams! Ex'rs, 116; Browne, Prob. Pr. 59. Less...

In English ecclesiastical law. The second week before Whitsunday, thus called from three fasts observed therein, the Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, called "Rogation days," because of the extraordinary prayers then made for the fruits of the earth, or as a preparation for the devotion of Holy Thursday. Wharton. Rogationes, qnesstiones, More...

In English ecclesiastical law. The second week before Whitsunday, thus called from three fasts observed therein, the Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, called "Rogation days," because of the extraordinary prayers then made for the fruits of the earth, or as a preparation for the devotion of Holy Thursday. Wharton. Rogationes, qnesstiones, et positioned debent esse simplioes. nob. 143. Demands, questions, and claims ought to be simple. Less...

Lat. In Roman law. The proposer of a law or rogation.

Lat. In Roman law. The proposer of a law or rogation. Less...

A commission from one judge to another requesting him to examine a witness. See LETTER.

A commission from one judge to another requesting him to examine a witness. See LETTER. Less...

Lat In Roman law. 1 ask; I request. A precatory expression often used in wills. Dig. 30, 108, 13, 14.

Lat In Roman law. 1 ask; I request. A precatory expression often used in wills. Dig. 30, 108, 13, 14. Less...

In English criminal law. An Idle and disorderly person; a trickster; a wandering beggar; a vagrant or vagabond. 4 Bl. Comm. 169.

In English criminal law. An Idle and disorderly person; a trickster; a wandering beggar; a vagrant or vagabond. 4 Bl. Comm. 169. Less...

In French' mercantile law. The list of a ship's crew; a muster roll.

In French' mercantile law. The list of a ship's crew; a muster roll. Less...

The portable or movable apparatus and machinery of a railroad, particularly such as moves on the road, viz., engines, cars, tenders, coaches, and trucks. See Beardsley v. Ontario Bank, 31 Barb. (N. Y.) 635; Ohio A M. R. Co. v", Weber, 96 Bl. 448; Pittsburgh, etc., R. Oo. v. Backus, More...

The portable or movable apparatus and machinery of a railroad, particularly such as moves on the road, viz., engines, cars, tenders, coaches, and trucks. See Beardsley v. Ontario Bank, 31 Barb. (N. Y.) 635; Ohio A M. R. Co. v", Weber, 96 Bl. 448; Pittsburgh, etc., R. Oo. v. Backus, 154 U. S. 421, 14 Sup. Ct 1114, 38 L. Ed. 1031. -Rolling stock protection aot. like act of 35 & 36 Vict c. 50, passed to protect the rolling stock of railways from distress or sale in certain cases. Less...