Felony Definition

fĕlə-nē
felonies
noun
A major crime, as murder, arson, or rape, for which statute usually provides a greater punishment than for a misdemeanor: the usual minimum penalty is imprisonment for one year.
Webster's New World
Any of several crimes in early English law that were punishable by forfeiture of land or goods and by capital or other serious punishment.
American Heritage
A grave or serious form of crime, typically punishable by imprisonment for more than a year, as opposed to a misdemeanor.
Webster's New World Law
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Noun

Singular:
felony
Plural:
felonies

Origin of Felony

  • Old French felonie (“evil, immoral deed”), from felon (“evildoer”). Ultimately of Germanic origin. More at felon.

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Felony Sentence Examples

  • All this was abolished by the Felony Act 1870, which provided for the appointment of an administrator to the property of the convict.

  • It was applied to treason felony in 1848.

  • An assistant District Attorney had called about prosecuting a felony drug possession, but the second note was upsetting.

  • In the 13th century it was recognized that a " clerk " for felony was subject only to ecclesiastical trial and punishment; punishment which might involve lifelong imprisonment.

  • In protest, the Georgia House of Representatives, holding that the United States Supreme Court had no constitutional power to try suits against a sovereign state, resolved that any Federal marshal who should attempt to execute the court's decision would be " guilty of felony, and shall suffer death, without benefit of clergy, by being hanged."

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Words Starting With

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