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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Appellant :: Appellant (n.) One who accuses another of felony or treason.
Clergyable :: Clergyable (a.) Entitled to, or admitting, the benefit of clergy; as, a clergyable felony..
Runround :: Runround (n.) A felon or whitlow.
Suicide :: Suicide (adv.) The act of taking one's own life voluntary and intentionally; self-murder; specifically (Law), the felonious killing of one's self; the deliberate and intentional destruction of one's own life by a person of years of discretion and of sound mind..
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..
Stealing :: Stealing (n.) The act of taking feloniously the personal property of another without his consent and knowledge; theft; larceny.
Rob :: Rob (v. t.) To take the property of (any one) from his person, or in his presence, feloniously, and against his will, by violence or by putting him in fear..
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..
Waif :: Waif (n.) Goods found of which the owner is not known; originally, such goods as a pursued thief threw away to prevent being apprehended, which belonged to the king unless the owner made pursuit of the felon, took him, and brought him to justice..
Receiptment :: Receiptment (n.) The receiving or harboring a felon knowingly, after the commission of a felony..
Felony :: Felony (n.) An offense which occasions a total forfeiture either lands or goods, or both, at the common law, and to which capital or other punishment may be added, according to the degree of guilt..
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..
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..
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..
Felonwort :: Felonwort (n.) The bittersweet nightshade (Solanum Dulcamara). See Bittersweet.
Criminal :: Criminal (n.) One who has commited a crime; especially, one who is found guilty by verdict, confession, or proof; a malefactor; a felon..
Hamesucken :: Hamesucken (n.) The felonious seeking and invasion of a person in his dwelling house.
Appeal :: Appeal (v. t.) An accusation of a felon at common law by one of his accomplices, which accomplice was then called an approver. See Approvement..
Felony :: Felony (n.) A heinous crime; especially, a crime punishable by death or imprisonment..
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