misconduct by a public official; concealment of a crime; contempt, disregard
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Misprision Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
The act of misprising; misapprehension; misconception; mistake.
The act of misprising; misapprehension; misconception; mistake.
(n.)
Neglect; undervaluing; contempt.
Neglect; undervaluing; contempt.
(n.)
A neglect, negligence, or contempt.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA neglect, negligence, or contempt.
misprision
\mis*pri"sion\ (?), n. [ll. misprisio, or of. mesprison, prop., a mistaking, but confused with of. mespris contempt, f. mépris. see 2d misprise, misprize, prison.]
1. the act of misprising; misapprehension; misconception; mistake. [archaic] the misprision of this passage has aided in fostering the delusive notion.
2. neglect; undervaluing; contempt. [obs.]
3. (law) a neglect, negligence, or contempt.
note: in its larger and older sense it was used to signify "every considerable misdemeanor which has not a certain name given to it in the law." in a more modern sense it is applied exclusively to two offenses: -- 1. misprision of treason, which is omission to notify the authorities of an act of treason by a person cognizant thereof. 2. misprision of felony, which is a concealment of a felony by a person cognizant thereof.
Misprision Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Misprision (from , modern , "to misunderstand") is a term of English law used to describe certain kinds of offence. Writers on criminal law usually divide misprision into two kinds, negative or positive.
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Misprision Definition from Law Dictionaries & Glossaries
MISPRISION - In its larger sense, this word is used to signify every considerable misdemeanor, which has not a certain name given to it in the law; and it is said that a misprision is contained in every treason or felony whatever. In its narrower sense it is the concealment of a crime.
Misprision of treason, is the concealment of treason, by being merely passive for if any assistance be given, to the traitor, it makes the party a principal, as there is no accessories in treason. It is the duty of every good citizen, knowing of a treason or felony having been committed; to inform a magistrate. Silently to observe the commission of a felony, without using any endeavors to apprehend the offender, is a misprision.
Misprisions which are merely positive, are denominated contempts or high misdemeanors; as, for example, dissuading a witness from giving evidence.
MISPRISION OF FELONY - Whoever, having knowledge of the actual commission of a felony cognizable by a court of the U.S., conceals and does not as soon as possible make known the same to some judge or other person in civil or military authority under the U.S. 18 USC
Misprision of felony, is the like concealment of felony, without giving any degree of maintenance to the felon for if any aid be given him, the party becomes an accessory after the fact.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
Courtesy of the 'Lectric Law Library.Misprision of treason, is the concealment of treason, by being merely passive for if any assistance be given, to the traitor, it makes the party a principal, as there is no accessories in treason. It is the duty of every good citizen, knowing of a treason or felony having been committed; to inform a magistrate. Silently to observe the commission of a felony, without using any endeavors to apprehend the offender, is a misprision.
Misprisions which are merely positive, are denominated contempts or high misdemeanors; as, for example, dissuading a witness from giving evidence.
MISPRISION OF FELONY - Whoever, having knowledge of the actual commission of a felony cognizable by a court of the U.S., conceals and does not as soon as possible make known the same to some judge or other person in civil or military authority under the U.S. 18 USC
Misprision of felony, is the like concealment of felony, without giving any degree of maintenance to the felon for if any aid be given him, the party becomes an accessory after the fact.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
