Felony Synonyms

Felony Sentence Examples

• All this was abolished by the Felony Act 1870, which provided for the appointment of an administrator to the property of the convict.

• It was applied to treason felony in 1848.

• An assistant District Attorney had called about prosecuting a felony drug possession, but the second note was upsetting.

• In the 13th century it was recognized that a " clerk " for felony was subject only to ecclesiastical trial and punishment; punishment which might involve lifelong imprisonment.

• In protest, the Georgia House of Representatives, holding that the United States Supreme Court had no constitutional power to try suits against a sovereign state, resolved that any Federal marshal who should attempt to execute the court's decision would be " guilty of felony, and shall suffer death, without benefit of clergy, by being hanged."