| 单词 | statutory treason |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstatutory treason statutory treason n. an offence made treasonable by statute; the crime of treason, as defined by statute. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > treason > offences related to treason petty treason1496 misprision of treason1533 petit treason1605 statutory treason1678 constructive treasona1715 treason-felony1865 1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. vi. 50 These Statutory Treasons have not at all the other priviledges competent to Treason. 1752 A. McDouall Inst. Laws Scotl. II. iv. ix. 530 The several statutory treasons, by the law of Scotland, made only capital crimes. 1804 M. Laing Hist. Scotl. (ed. 2) IV. 377 The former iniquitous trials in Scotland appeared indisputably to have proceeded from the accumulation of statutory treasons. 1918 Railroad Worker June 46/2 To thus aid the enemy is not statutory treason; it is moral treason. 2008 C. Oglesby Ravens in Storm v. 86 We were well accustomed by this time to being Red-baited by amateurs, but it felt different to be accused of statutory treason in the well of the U.S. Congress. < as lemmas |
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