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Clergyable :: Clergyable (a.) Entitled to, or admitting, the benefit of clergy; as, a clergyable felony..

Stealing :: Stealing (n.) The act of taking feloniously the personal property of another without his consent and knowledge; theft; larceny.

Burglary :: Burglary (n.) Breaking and entering the dwelling house of another, in the nighttime, with intent to commit a felony therein, whether the felonious purpose be accomplished or not..

Housebreaking :: Housebreaking (n.) The act of breaking open and entering, with a felonious purpose, the dwelling house of another, whether done by day or night. See Burglary, and To break a house, under Break..

Appeal :: Appeal (v. t.) An accusation of a felon at common law by one of his accomplices, which accomplice was then called an approver. See Approvement..

Ratten :: Ratten (v. t.) To deprive feloniously of the tools used in one's employment (as by breaking or stealing them), for the purpose of annoying; as, to ratten a mechanic who works during a strike..

Lifelong :: Lifelong (a.) Lasting or continuing through life.

Approvement :: Approvement (n.) a confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation of his accomplish and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon. The term is no longer in use; it corresponded to what is now known as turning king's (or queen's) evidence in England, and state's evidence in the United States..

Receiptment :: Receiptment (n.) The receiving or harboring a felon knowingly, after the commission of a felony..

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