Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Felonia
[Latin "felony- I First. An offense that results in a vassal's fbrfeitnig his fee. "The attempt to derive felonia from /< 7 poi: on' , nier, lc a folk etymology which came into voktie when -felony meant a serious crime, and differed from treason. The word was well established in Feudal Law as the characteristic offense against the Feudal relationship. It will hardly do, therefore, to try to determine its meanin't mereh 1>N- reference to English usage Max Radin. Handbook of Anglo-American Legal History 148 n.7 (1936).
Felonia implicatur in quolibet proditione.
Felony is implied in every treason.
Felonia, ex vi termini, significat quodlibet capitale crimen felleo animo perpetratum
Fc lony, by force of the term, signifies any capital crime perpetrated with a malicious intent.
Non valebit felonis generatio nee ad haereditatem paternam vel maternam; si autem ante feloniam generationem- fecerit, talis generatio succedit in haereditate patris vel matris a quo non fuerit feloni
The offspring of a felon cannot succeed either to a maternal or paternal inheritance; but if the felon had offspring before the felony, the offspring may succeed to the inheritance of the father or mother by whom no felony was committed.
Nullus dicitur accessorius post feloniam sed ille qui novit principalem feloniam fecisse, et illum receptavit et comfortavit
No one is called an accessory after the fact but that person who knew the principal to have committed a felony, and received and comforted him.
Nullus dicitur felo principalis nisi actor aut qui praesens est, abettans aut auxilians actorem ad feloniam faciendam
No one is called a principal felon except the party actually committing the felony, or the party who was present aiding and abetting the perpetrator in its commission.
Si quis unum percusserit cum alium percutere vellet, in felonia tenetur
If a person kills one when he meant to kill another, he is held guilty of felony.
appellum de felonia
see appeal of felony.
per feloniam
[Latin] Hist. With criminal intent.