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INCLUDED OFFENCE [7 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2015-02-04
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Offences and crimes
- Criminology
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- included offence
1, record 1, English, included%20offence
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- included offense 2, record 1, English, included%20offense
correct, United States
- lesser offence 3, record 1, English, lesser%20offence
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A lesser offence which is part of another greater or more serious offence and is established by proof of the same or fewer facts, or a less culpable mental state, or both, than that which is required to establish the offence charged. 4, record 1, English, - included%20offence
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Infractions et crimes
- Criminologie
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- infraction incluse
1, record 1, French, infraction%20incluse
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- infraction comprise 2, record 1, French, infraction%20comprise
feminine noun, Canada
- infraction moindre 3, record 1, French, infraction%20moindre
feminine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Infraction moindre qui s'inscrit dans une autre infraction plus complexe ou plus grave, et dont la preuve réside dans les mêmes faits ou une partie des mêmes faits, ou encore un élément moral moindre que l'autre infraction. 4, record 1, French, - infraction%20incluse
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2010-11-29
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Offences and crimes
- Criminology
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- lesser and included offence
1, record 2, English, lesser%20and%20included%20offence
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
- necessarily included offense 2, record 2, English, necessarily%20included%20offense
correct
- lesser included offense 2, record 2, English, lesser%20included%20offense
correct, United States
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A crime that is composed of some, but not all, of the elements of a more serious crime and that is necessarily committed in carrying out the greater crime. 2, record 2, English, - lesser%20and%20included%20offence
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Battery is a lesser included offense of murder. 2, record 2, English, - lesser%20and%20included%20offence
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 OBS
... on a charge that the accused "did commit robbery", common assault is an included offence, since it is a lesser offence in at least one, albeit not all, the descriptions of the offence of robbery... 3, record 2, English, - lesser%20and%20included%20offence
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Infractions et crimes
- Criminologie
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- infraction moindre et incluse
1, record 2, French, infraction%20moindre%20et%20incluse
correct, feminine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Les voies de fait simples constituent une infraction moindre et incluse à celle de vol qualifié [...] 2, record 2, French, - infraction%20moindre%20et%20incluse
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
L'infraction incluse doit être «moindre» que l'infraction principale. En d'autres mots, une infraction moindre et incluse fait partie de l'infraction reprochée; elle doit nécessairement comprendre certains éléments de l'infraction principale mais sans avoir certains des éléments essentiels requis pour que l'infraction principale soit complète [...] 3, record 2, French, - infraction%20moindre%20et%20incluse
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 2007-02-05
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Sentencing
- Offences and crimes
- Penal Administration
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- presumptive offence
1, record 3, English, presumptive%20offence
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
- presumptive offense 2, record 3, English, presumptive%20offense
correct
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
... an offence committed, or alleged to have been committed, by a young person who has attained the age of fourteen years, or, in a province where the lieutenant governor in council has fixed an age greater than fourteen years under section 61, the age so fixed, under one of the following provisions of the Criminal Code... 3, record 3, English, - presumptive%20offence
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
If a young person who is charged with an offence set out in paragraph(a) of the definition "presumptive offence" in subsection 2(1) is found guilty of committing an included offence for which an adult is liable to imprisonment for a term of more than two years, other than another presumptive offence set out in that paragraph... 4, record 3, English, - presumptive%20offence
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Peines
- Infractions et crimes
- Administration pénitentiaire
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- infraction désignée
1, record 3, French, infraction%20d%C3%A9sign%C3%A9e
correct, feminine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
[...] Toute infraction visée à l'une des dispositions du Code criminel énumérées ci-après et commise ou alléguée avoir été commise par un adolescent après qu'il a atteint l'âge de quatorze ans ou, dans le cas où le lieutenant-gouverneur en conseil de la province a fixé un âge de plus de quatorze ans en vertu de l'article 61 [...] 2, record 3, French, - infraction%20d%C3%A9sign%C3%A9e
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Dans le cas où un adolescent accusé d'une infraction désignée visée à l'alinéa a) de la définition de ce terme au paragraphe 2(1) est déclaré coupable d'une infraction incluse pour laquelle un adulte serait passible d'une peine d'emprisonnement de plus de deux ans, à l'exception d'une autre infraction désignée visée à cet alinéa [...] 3, record 3, French, - infraction%20d%C3%A9sign%C3%A9e
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
Record 4 - internal organization data 2006-10-18
Record 4, English
Record 4, Subject field(s)
- Penal Law
Record 4, Main entry term, English
- offence of manslaughter
1, record 4, English, offence%20of%20manslaughter
correct
Record 4, Abbreviations, English
Record 4, Synonyms, English
- manslaughter offence 2, record 4, English, manslaughter%20offence
Record 4, Textual support, English
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The appellant was charged with second-degree murder for having caused the death of her husband on August 10, 1999. She was acquitted by a jury of that charge(and of the included offence of manslaughter). 1, record 4, English, - offence%20of%20manslaughter
Record 4, French
Record 4, Domaine(s)
- Droit pénal
Record 4, Main entry term, French
- infraction d'homicide involontaire coupable
1, record 4, French, infraction%20d%27homicide%20involontaire%20coupable
feminine noun
Record 4, Abbreviations, French
Record 4, Synonyms, French
Record 4, Textual support, French
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
L'appelante a été accusée de meurtre au second degré pour avoir causé la mort de son mari le 10 août 1999. Un jury l'a acquittée de cette accusation (ainsi que relativement à l'infraction incluse d'homicide involontaire coupable). 1, record 4, French, - infraction%20d%27homicide%20involontaire%20coupable
Record 4, Spanish
Record 4, Textual support, Spanish
Record 5 - internal organization data 2001-12-06
Record 5, English
Record 5, Subject field(s)
- Offences and crimes
Record 5, Main entry term, English
- simple possession
1, record 5, English, simple%20possession
correct
Record 5, Abbreviations, English
Record 5, Synonyms, English
Record 5, Textual support, English
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT
A plea to the included offence of simple possession on an information charging the offence under this subsection is a plea to the indictable offence of possession and the Crown is not called upon to elect whether to proceed summarily or by indictment : R. v. Wardley(1978), 43 C. C. C.(2d) 345, 11 C. R.(3d) 282(Ont. C. A.) ;R. v. Fudge(1979), 49 C. C. C.(2d) 63, 26 Nfld. & P. E. I. R. 76(Nfld. C. A.). 2, record 5, English, - simple%20possession
Record 5, French
Record 5, Domaine(s)
- Infractions et crimes
Record 5, Main entry term, French
- possession simple
1, record 5, French, possession%20simple
feminine noun
Record 5, Abbreviations, French
Record 5, Synonyms, French
- simple possession 2, record 5, French, simple%20possession
feminine noun
Record 5, Textual support, French
Record 5, Spanish
Record 5, Textual support, Spanish
Record 6 - internal organization data 1994-08-25
Record 6, English
Record 6, Subject field(s)
- Offences and crimes
Record 6, Main entry term, English
- statutorily included offence
1, record 6, English, statutorily%20included%20offence
correct
Record 6, Abbreviations, English
Record 6, Synonyms, English
Record 6, French
Record 6, Domaine(s)
- Infractions et crimes
Record 6, Main entry term, French
- infraction expressément incluse
1, record 6, French, infraction%20express%C3%A9ment%20incluse
correct, feminine noun
Record 6, Abbreviations, French
Record 6, Synonyms, French
Record 6, Textual support, French
Record 6, Spanish
Record 6, Textual support, Spanish
Record 7 - internal organization data 1989-01-26
Record 7, English
Record 7, Subject field(s)
- Penal Law
Record 7, Main entry term, English
- pleas of the Crown
1, record 7, English, pleas%20of%20the%20Crown
correct, plural
Record 7, Abbreviations, English
Record 7, Synonyms, English
Record 7, Textual support, English
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 DEF
The criminal law department of our jurisprudence; so called because the sovereign, in whom centres the majesty of the whole community, is supposed by the law to be the person injured by every wrong done to the community, and is, therefore, in all cases, the proper prosecutor for every such offence. Originally pleas of the Crown meant offences which were triable only in the king's courts.... After justices of the peace had been established all offences were included in the expression pleas of the Crown.... 2, record 7, English, - pleas%20of%20the%20Crown
Record 7, French
Record 7, Domaine(s)
- Droit pénal
Record 7, Main entry term, French
- plaintes de la couronne
1, record 7, French, plaintes%20de%20la%20couronne
proposal, feminine noun, plural
Record 7, Abbreviations, French
Record 7, Synonyms, French
Record 7, Textual support, French
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS
En common law, un crime est une atteinte à la paix et à la dignité du souverain. C'est donc en son nom que la Couronne porte plainte, et poursuit l'accusé au pénal. 1, record 7, French, - plaintes%20de%20la%20couronne
Record 7, Spanish
Record 7, Textual support, Spanish
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