Definition of Felony

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Felony

An act on the part of the vassal which cost him his fee by forfeiture.

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.

A heinous crime; especially, a crime punishable by death or imprisonment.

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Felony Quotations

Drinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with that it's compounding a felony.
Robert Benchley

It seems proper, at all events, that by an early enactment similar to that of other countries the application of public money by an officer of Government to private uses should be made a felony and visited with severe and ignominious punishment.
Martin Van Buren

I lost court cases and misdemeanor juries, but of felony jury trials I was successful 105 of 106 times.
Vincent Bugliosi

Yeah, I lost court cases and misdemeanor juries, but of felony jury trials I was successful 105 of 106 times.
Vincent Bugliosi

Often, a serial killer has no felony record.
Pat Brown

You commit a felony, it does not matter who you are, you could be deported.
Slick Rick

The greatest felony in the news business today is to be behind, or to miss a big story. So speed and quantity substitute for thoroughness and quality, for accuracy and context.
Carl Bernstein

Felony Translations

felony in German is Verbrechen
felony in Norwegian is forbrytelse

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