(n.) The unlawful taking and carrying away of things personal with intent to deprive the right owner of the same; theft. Cf. Embezzlement.
Example Sentences:
(1) Female offenders report most of their income as coming from drugs sales, shoplifting, and larceny.
(2) He was dishonourably discharged from the army on a charge of indecency, roamed Europe as a vagrant, thief and homosexual prostitute, then spent a lengthy period in and out of jail in Paris following a dozen or so arrests for larceny, the use of false papers, vagabondage and lewd behaviour.
(3) Aged 15, he was convicted of petty larceny at Wimbledon juvenile court, having stolen goods worth £2.
(4) Pulse oximetry was used to confirm higher hemoglobin oxygen saturation to establish the leukocyte larceny.
(5) Others were potentially more serious, a bomb threat in March 2003 in which an anonymous caller told the club’s receptionist: “there will be a bomb tonight that will blow” before hanging up the phone (the threat was unfounded); a drunk driver who rammed into barricades outside Mar-a-Lago in 1994 because “he disliked Donald Trump”, and 14 incidents of theft and larceny.
(6) The 32 people arrested will face charges that could include assault, larceny and burglary, he added.
(7) But, essentially, it persists by glorying in the fantastic, if basic, idea that a batch of old barrels, an outdoor paddling pool, a sand pit and some strategically arranged planks and ropes can successfully transport kids to a world of larceny on the high seas.
(8) There were "small incidents" with Roma accused of pilfering firewood or vegetables and other petty crime, but only 12 "petty larcenies" were reported to police during the first four months of 2011.
(9) Because this making off with our public property is nothing more than legalised larceny.
(10) Ceglia was arrested and charged with criminal fraud and grand larceny in 2009, after the wood pellet company he and his wife run failed to deliver $200,000 worth of orders to customers in four states.
(11) Only 72 sample members were arrested during the period, mostly for burglary or larceny (22 arrests), simple or aggravated assault (17 arrests), and minor offenses (40 arrests), including drunkenness, trespassing, and traffic violations.
(12) The fantastic scale of his subsequent larceny became apparent when American inquiries into a collapsed bank discovered that Obiang controlled $700m in deposits there alone.
(13) Evidence suggests that ostensibly serious offenses such as assault, larceny, and burglary charged to homeless persons tended to involve petty thievery, entry into vacant buildings, and other acts aimed at maintaining subsistence in the absence of housing.
(14) But three days later the new civilian president, Olusegun Obasanjo, took office: when more evidence emerged of undisclosed Mohammed bank accounts in Europe totalling $1bn, the new government decided to try and recover what it saw as the proceeds of grand larceny.
(15) The suspect, Robert J "Joe" Halderman, was arrested yesterday and indicted on one count of attempted first-degree grand larceny, punishable from five to 15 years upon conviction, Manhattan district attorney Robert Morgenthau said.
(16) Bizarrely, Brown, the man whose light-touch regulation of the UK banking sector encouraged the greed, corruption and larceny that now characterise them, portrayed the SNP as a rich man's party.
(17) Recidivism rates aren’t parsed out by the type of drug used by various offenders, but I know from seeing almost 85% of my cellmates return to prison while I was still there that the recidivism rate for opiate addicts is very high, especially after totaling drug-related charges like possession and distribution with drug-complicated charges like burglary and larceny.
(18) The testimony of the colourful 70-year-old – nicknamed Mr 10% due to the cash he topsliced from every marketing deal for two decades – was given in secret to a New York judge in 2013 but only made public on Wednesday, and laid out in stark detail the scale of the larceny.
(19) However, it is inappropriate in many cases where non-violent confusional crimes, such as petty larceny, have been committed.
(20) Leukemic patients with extremely high white blood counts may exhibit the phenomenon of leukocyte larceny, in which white blood cells metabolize plasma oxygen in arterial blood gas samples (ABG) producing a spuriously low oxygen tension.
Legal
Definition:
(a.) Created by, permitted by, in conformity with, or relating to, law; as, a legal obligation; a legal standard or test; a legal procedure; a legal claim; a legal trade; anything is legal which the laws do not forbid.
(a.) According to the law of works, as distinguished from free grace; or resting on works for salvation.
(a.) According to the old or Mosaic dispensation; in accordance with the law of Moses.
(a.) Governed by the rules of law as distinguished from the rules of equity; as, legal estate; legal assets.
Example Sentences:
(1) Other articles in the series will look at particular legal problems in the dental specialties.
(2) We are pursuing legal action because there are still so many unanswered questions about the viability of Shenhua’s proposed koala plan and it seems at this point the plan does not guarantee the survival of the estimated 262 koalas currently living where Shenhua wants to put its mine,” said Ranclaud.
(3) It is entirely proper for serving judges to set out the arguments in high-profile cases to help public understanding of the legal issues, as long as it is done in an even-handed way.
(4) Tables provide data for Denmark in reference to: 1) number of legal abortions and the abortion rates for 1940-1977; 2) distribution of abortions by season, 1972-1977; 3) abortion rates by maternal age, 1971-1977; 4) oral contraceptive and IUD sales for 1977-1978; and 5) number of births and estimated number of abortions and conceptions, 1960-1975.
(5) Neil Blessitt Bristol • We need to establish what the legal position is with regard to the establishment by the government of a private company co-owned by the Department of Health and the French firm Sopra Steria.
(6) This article discusses the advantages, clinical uses, limitations, and legal aspects of this mydriatic antagonist in optometric practice.
(7) And this has opened up a loophole for businesses to be morally bankrupt, ignoring the obligations to its workforce because no legal conduct has been established.” Whatever the outcome of the pending lawsuits, it’s unlikely that just one model will work for everybody.
(8) In view of many ethical and legal problems, connected in some countries with obtaining human fetal tissue for transplantation, cross-species transplants would be an attractive alternative.
(9) On 18 March 1996, the force agreed, without admitting any wrongdoing by any officer, to pay Tomkins £40,000 compensation, and £70,000 for his legal costs.
(10) The HKSAR government will continue to follow up on the matter so as to protect the legal rights of the people of Hong Kong."
(11) According to the Howard League for Penal Reform, which is backing the legal challenge, every year 75,0000 17-year-olds are held in custody.
(12) She successfully appealed against the council’s decision to refuse planning permission, but neighbours have launched a legal challenge to be heard at the high court in June.
(13) What’s needed is manifesto commitments from all the main political parties to improve the help single homeless people are legally entitled to.
(14) We believe our proposal will save taxpayers about £4m and reduce by about 11,000 the number of legally aided cases brought by prisoners each year.
(15) Defendants on legal aid will no longer be able to choose their solicitor.
(16) We now look forward to a judicial process which will apply impartial analysis and clear legal standards."
(17) Ethical, legal, and practical implications of this problem are discussed.
(18) While it’s not unknown to see such self-balancing mini scooters on the pavement, under legal guidance reiterated on Monday by the Crown Prosecution Service all such “personal transporters”, including hoverboards and Segways , are banned from the footpath.
(19) We are confident that the European commission’s state aid decision on Hinkley Point C is legally robust,” a spokeswoman for Britain’s Department of Energy and Climate Change said last week.
(20) At present, anyone can bring a legal action for an indefinite period over a posted article.