ACCESSORY

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Under French law and systems based thereon or having a common origin a distinction is

drawn

DRAWN

between crime (verbrechen), delft (vergehen) and contravention. The English

term

TERM

misdemeanour roughly corresponds to the two classes of delft and contravention but includes some offences which would be qualified as " crime." In the criminal code of Queensland the

term

TERM

" misdemeanour " is retained, while _that of "

felony

FELONY (0. Fr. felonie, from felon, a word meaning " wicked," common to Romanic languages, cf. Italian fella, fellone, the ultimate origin of which is obscure, but is possibly connected either with Lat. fel,
gall
- GALL (a word common to many Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch gal, and Ger. Galle; the Indo-European root appears in Gr. xoXi,, and Lat. fel; possibly connected with " yellow," with reference to the colour of bile)
- GALL, FRANZ JOSEPH (1758-1828)
, or fallere, to deceive. The English " fel

" is abolished; and offences are classified as crimes, misdemeanours and simple offences, the two former punishable on indictment, the latter on summary conviction only; the more serious offences described in English law as misdemeanours are in that code described as crimes (e.g. perjury). In the United States the English common law as to misdemeanour is generally followed,but in New

York

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- HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in
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  it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)
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YORK, EDMUND OF
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- LANGLEY, SAMUEL PIERPONT (1834-1906)
, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
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YORK, FREDERICK
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, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

and other states a statutory distinction has been made between misdemeanour and

felony

FELONY (0. Fr. felonie, from felon, a word meaning " wicked," common to Romanic languages, cf. Italian fella, fellone, the ultimate origin of which is obscure, but is possibly connected either with Lat. fel,
gall
- GALL (a word common to many Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch gal, and Ger. Galle; the Indo-European root appears in Gr. xoXi,, and Lat. fel; possibly connected with " yellow," with reference to the colour of bile)
- GALL, FRANZ JOSEPH (1758-1828)
, or fallere, to deceive. The English " fel

by defining the latter as a crime punishable by death or by imprisonment in a state prison. (W. F. C.)

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