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 Translation for 'offence' from English to Latin
NOUN   an offence | offences
SYNO crime | criminal offence | criminal offense | ...
offensum {n}offence [Br.]
offensatio {f}offence [Br.]
crimen {n}offence [Br.] [in respect to the accused]
offensio {f}offence [esp. Br.] [annoyance]
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Usage Examples English
  • Where an offence exists to protect a certain class of persons, such a person does not commit an offence under ss.44-46 if the anticipated offence would have been committed against him (s.51).
  • The Act attempts to align the offence of corporate killing north and south of the border.
  • The offence of incitement simply entails the defendant incite another to commit a criminal offence, whether or not that offence is committed.
  • Depending on the jurisdiction, rape may be characterized as a sexual offence or an offence against the person.
  • In England and Wales, the offence under section 35 is an indictable-only offence.

  • In a number of jurisdictions this offence has been replaced by an offence which is very similar.
  • Any offence at common law of forgery is abolished. The abolition of a common law offence of forgery does not affect proceedings for any such offence committed before its abolition.
  • Misprision of treason is an offence under the common law of England and Wales and the common law of Northern Ireland.
  • In New Zealand, every one who incites any person to commit an offence is a party to and guilty of the offence and liable for the same penalty as a person who commits the offence.
  • Mens rea needs to be proved by prosecution from offence to offence.

  • In England and Wales, the offence under section 18 is an indictable-only offence, while the offence under section 20 is triable either way.
  • This offence is an indictable offence which may be tried summarily upon consent of the accused. See hybrid offence.
  • A notifiable offence is any offence under United Kingdom law where the police must inform the Home Office, who use the report to compile crime statistics.
  • If the offence is an indictable offence (or a hybrid offence where the Crown elects to proceed by indictment), the maximum sentence of imprisonment is 5 years, unless otherwise stated by statute.
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