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indictable offense<\/span>:<\/span>
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1. A crime that can be prosecuted only be indictment<\/a>.\u00a0 *\u00a0 In federal court<\/a>, such an offense<\/a> is one punishable by death or by imprisonment for more than one year or at hard labor.\u00a0 Fed. R. Crim. P. 7(a)<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong> [1]<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

1. A crime to be prosecuted under an indictment<\/a>; in some jurisdictions, any felony<\/a>. In some jurisdictions<\/a>, any felony<\/a> and any misdemeanor of a certain class, particularly a misdemeanor of a serious nature. State v Berlin<\/em>, 42 M0 572, 576<\/span>. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2. At common law, treason, a capital offense, or a felony<\/a>. 27 Am J1st Indict \u00a7 5<\/span>. <\/strong>[2]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. A crime prosecute by indictment<\/a> rather than by information<\/a>.\u00a0 Generally, this means a felony rather than a misdemeanor.<\/strong> [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Excerpt from Howard League for Penal Reform’s Counsel for the Defense:<\/em> An Enquiry into the Question of Legal Aid for Poor Prisoners<\/em><\/a> (1926):<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 “[I]t is impossible to take the distinction between indictable and non-indictable offenses as corresponding with any great accuracy to our actual sense of their importance to the community.\u00a0 Thus we find amongst the list of indictable offenses many that are obsolete or comparatively venial (though no doubt\u00a0 blameworthy!) \u2014 such as play, corruptly taking a reward for restoring a stolen dog, destroying hop-binds, Jesuits and monks coming into the realm, killing hares and rabbits by night in a warren, or ‘depraving the Book of Common Prayer.’\u00a0 On the other hand amongst non-indictable offenses are classed many acts of the utmost importance: Assaulting constables in the execution of their duty, aggravated<\/a> and common assaults, brothel-keeping, and cruelty to animals.<\/span>“<\/strong> [4]<\/span><\/p>\n

indictable nuisance<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1. A common law offense against the public peace, the public health, or the public morals.\u00a0\u00a0State v Waymire<\/em>, 52 Or 281, 97 P 16<\/span>. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2. A\u00a0public, as distinguished from, a private nuisance.\u00a0\u00a039 Am J1st Nuis \u00a7 178<\/span>. <\/strong>[2]<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]: Black\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0Deluxe Tenth Edition<\/a>\u00a0by Henry Campbell Black & Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-62130-6<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[2]: Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/strong>with Pronunciations
\n<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>Third Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>by James A. Ballantine\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/em>Edited by William S. Anderson.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a9 1969 by THE LAWYER\u2019S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.\u00a0 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[3]:\u00a0\u00a0Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/b><\/span><\/strong>Legal Assistant Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>
\nby Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/em>Doctored<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[4]: Howard League for Penal Reform’s Counsel for the Defense:<\/em> An Enquiry into the Question of Legal Aid for Poor Prisoners<\/em><\/a> 4 (1926)<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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