| 单词 | high treason |
| 释义 | > as lemmashigh treason a. Also high treason. Violation by a subject of his allegiance to his sovereign or to the state.Defined 1350–51 by Act 25 Edw. III, Stat. 5, c. 2, as compassing or imagining the king's death, or that of his wife or eldest son, violating the wife of the king or of the heir apparent, or the king's eldest daughter being unmarried, levying war in the king's dominions, adhering to the king's enemies in his dominions, or aiding them in or out of the realm, or killing the chancellor or the judges in the execution of their offices. In 1795 the offence was extended to actual or contemplated use of force to make the king change his counsels, or to intimidate either or both of the Houses of Parliament (but from 1848, see also treason-felony n. at Compounds 3 below). As a result of the Treason Act (1945), the procedure for murder was applied to treason cases. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > treason high treason1303 hurt majestyc1480 lèse-majestéc1485 perduellion1533 patricide1576 perduellism1656 parricide1867 society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > treachery > [noun] > treason > high high treason1303 1292 Britton i. ix. §2 Graunt tresoun est a compasser nostre mort, ou de nous desheriter de noster reaume, ou de fauser noster seal, ou de contrefere nostre monee ou de retoundre.] 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 10258 Yn no þyng wote y more tresun, Þan brynge þy lorde to hys felun. 1473 J. Warkworth Chron. (Camden) 5 The Lorde Hungerforde was..behedede for hye treasoune. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. iii. 92 Tell Bullingbrooke..That euery stride he makes vpon my land, Is dangerous treason . View more context for this quotation a1612 J. Harington Epigrams (1615) sig. A4v Treason doth neuer prosper, whats the reason? For if it prosper, none dare call it Treason. 1660 Exact Accompt Trial Regicides 31 To stand Mute in High-Treason, is all one, as to Confess the Fact. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xvii. 60 A fatal maxim..that in the case of treason, which included every offence that the subtlety of lawyers could derive from an hostile intention towards the prince or republic, all privileges were suspended. 1814 W. Scott Waverley II. xviii. 276 The charge brought against you of aiding and abetting high treason . View more context for this quotation 1902 Westm. Gaz. 12 June 10/1 At present there is only one species of treason—that known as high treason, by way of contradistinction to petty treason. 1907 Verney Mem. l. 34 Sir Robert Whittingham was attainted of treason. 1911 W. B. Odgers & W. B. Odgers Comm. Law Eng. I. 145 Writing treasonable words is, no doubt a more deliberate act than merely uttering them. But..if the writings be not published, they do not constitute an overt act of treason. < as lemmas |
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