Definition of felon

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Felon (a.) A kind of whitlow; a painful imflammation of the periosteum of a finger, usually of the last joint..

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Apprehension :: Apprehension (n.) The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest; as, the felon, after his apprehension, escaped..
Housebreaking :: Housebreaking (n.) The act of breaking open and entering, with a felonious purpose, the dwelling house of another, whether done by day or night. See Burglary, and To break a house, under Break..
Appeal :: Appeal (v. t.) To charge with a crime; to accuse; to institute a private criminal prosecution against for some heinous crime; as, to appeal a person of felony..
Infelonious :: Infelonious (a.) Not felonious, malignant, or criminal..
Estovers :: Estovers (n. pl.) Necessaries or supples; an allowance to a person out of an estate or other thing for support; as of wood to a tenant for life, etc., of sustenance to a man confined for felony of his estate, or alimony to a woman divorced out of her husband's estate..
Hamesucken :: Hamesucken (n.) The felonious seeking and invasion of a person in his dwelling house.
Felonious :: Felonious (a.) Having the quality of felony; malignant; malicious; villainous; traitorous; perfidious; in a legal sense, done with intent to commit a crime; as, felonious homicide..
Ratten :: Ratten (v. t.) To deprive feloniously of the tools used in one's employment (as by breaking or stealing them), for the purpose of annoying; as, to ratten a mechanic who works during a strike..
Whitlow :: Whitlow (a.) An inflammation of the fingers or toes, generally of the last phalanx, terminating usually in suppuration. The inflammation may occupy any seat between the skin and the bone, but is usually applied to a felon or inflammation of the periosteal structures of the bone..
Burglary :: Burglary (n.) Breaking and entering the dwelling house of another, in the nighttime, with intent to commit a felony therein, whether the felonious purpose be accomplished or not..
Lifelong :: Lifelong (a.) Lasting or continuing through life.
Appellor :: Appellor (n.) One who confesses a felony committed and accuses his accomplices.
Asportation :: Asportation (n.) The felonious removal of goods from the place where they were deposited.
Paronychia :: Paronychia (n.) A whitlow, or felon..
Approvement :: Approvement (n.) a confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation of his accomplish and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon. The term is no longer in use; it corresponded to what is now known as turning king's (or queen's) evidence in England, and state's evidence in the United States..
Felon :: Felon (a.) Characteristic of a felon; malignant; fierce; malicious; cruel; traitorous; disloyal.
Felon :: Felon (a.) A person guilty or capable of heinous crime.
Appellant :: Appellant (n.) One who accuses another of felony or treason.
Robber :: Robber (n.) One who robs; in law, one who feloniously takes goods or money from the person of another by violence or by putting him in fear..
Runround :: Runround (n.) A felon or whitlow.
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