单词 | housebreach |
释义 | housebreachn. Law (historical in later use). In Anglo-Saxon and Norman England: the crime of breaking into a house, spec. in order to assault its occupants. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > burglary > [noun] housebreachlOE burgh-brechea1387 burglary1532 housebreaking1607 breaking and entering1617 game1811 crack1819 screwing1819 effraction1840 burst1857 burglarizing1872 burgling1880 ship-breaking1901 society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > illegal entry housebreachlOE burgh-brechea1387 entry1588 trusiona1604 housebreaking1607 breaking1617 lOE Quadripartitus (Domitian) in F. Liebermann Gesetze der Angelsachsen (1903) I. 353 Husbrece [?a1200 Holkham husbreche] (id est infractura domus) et bærnet..secundum legem seculi inemendabile est. lOE Laws of Cnut (Harl.) ii. lxiv. 352 Husbrec [OE Nero husbryce] & bærnet..& hlafordswice æfter woruldlage is botleas. c1210 ( Leges Hen. I xii. §1a in L. J. Downer Leges Henrici Primi (1972) 114 Quedam [placita] emendari non possunt, que sunt husbreche et bernet [etc.]. c1210 ( Leges Hen. I xlvii. §1 in L. J. Downer Leges Henrici Primi (1972) 156 De furto..et utlagaria et husbreche..et causis criminalibus uel capitalibus nemo querit consilium. 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) App. at Husbrece Housebreach, or House-breaking. 1895 F. Pollock & F. W. Maitland Hist. Eng. Law II. ii. viii. 456 Some crimes are emendable, some are not. Unemendable are housebreach, arson,..treason against one's lord. 1902 A. C. Hall Crime in its Relations to Social Progress vii. 160 Bótless crimes are treason against one's lord;..housebreach, arson, and open theft. 1934 J. H. Baxter et al. Medieval Lat. Word-List 199 Hamsoca,..housebreach, fine for housebreach. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.lOE |
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