Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

single-larceny doctrine

Criminal law. the principle that the taking of different items A property either belonging to the same or different owners at the same time and place constitutes one act of larceny if the theft is part f t one larcenous plan, as when it involves essel;tially one continuous act or if control over th.-, property is exercised simultaneously. 0 The intent of the thief determines the number c: occurrences. - Also termed single-.impuls plan; single-larceny rule; single-criminal-intew