单词 | criminal injury |
释义 | > as lemmascriminal injury criminal injury n. Law a wrong or infringement constituting or caused by a criminal act; (in later use) spec. an injury sustained as the result of a violent crime; the offence of causing such an injury. ΚΠ 1694 R. Ferguson Let. to Mr. Secretary Trenchard 18/1 Harry Baker,..did either feloniously rob, or militarily plunder Mr. Tildsley of a Purse full of old Gold... We hope that neither Harry Baker, nor you..are above being made responsible for this and divers other Criminal Injuries there perpetrated. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 179 This is an injury of both a civil and a criminal nature... The criminal injury..is punished by fine to the king. 1880 N. Amer. Rev. Aug. 110 The prosecutions familiar at the present are those by individuals for damages for defamation, or by the State for criminal injury to such individuals. 1959 Times 10 Nov. 9/1 The Criminal Injuries Bill to provide compensation for the victims of crimes of violence is to be introduced in the House of Commons. 2002 G. Whyte Social Inclusion & Legal Syst. i. 12 She was entitled to compensation from the State because of certain criminal injuries sustained by her. < as lemmas |
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