felony and misdemeanour造句

• Part I abolished the distinction between felony and misdemeanour and makes consequential provisions.
• "' Section 1 "'abolished the distinction between felonies and misdemeanours.
• The abolition of the distinction between felony and misdemeanour by section 1 of the Criminal Law Act 1967 has rendered this distinction obsolete.
• It is still used in the United States but the distinction between felony and misdemeanour is abolished in England and Wales and Northern Ireland.
• The rest of the Act was repealed by the Criminal Law Act 1967 as a consequence of the abolition of the distinction between felonies and misdemeanours.
• Next, between 20 and 30 prisoners were brought to the bar and " indicted for having committed various felonies and misdemeanour's at Littleport on 22, 23, and 24 of May last ".
• The older words felony and misdemeanour, which are still used in the United States, are not used in Canada's current " Criminal Code " ( R . S . C . 1985, c.
• It was not until the Criminal Law Act 1967 abolished the distinction between felonies and misdemeanours that the old common law rules on malice for the proof of " mens rea " in felonies could no longer apply.
• Under the old common law hierarchy of crimes ( as treasons, felonies and misdemeanours ), misprision of treason was a felony and misprision of felony was a misdemeanour . ( There was no such offence as misprision of a misdemeanour . ) These categories were abolished in 1967.
• By the commission of oyer and terminer the commissioners ( in practice the judges of assize, though other persons were named with them in the commission ) were commanded to make diligent inquiry into all treasons, felonies and misdemeanours whatever committed in the counties specified in the commission, and to hear and determine the same according to law.