He who is guilty, or has been convicted, of some crime or offense. Maleficia non debent remanere irn- pnnita; et impnnitas continuum affectum tribuit delinquenti. 4 Coke, 45. Evil deeds ought not to remain unpunished; and impunity affords continual incitement to the delinquent
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TRAISTIS
In old Scotch law. A roll containing the particular dittay taken up upon malefactors, which, with the portcous, is delivered by the justice clerk to the coroner, to the effect that the persons whose names are contained in the porteous may be at- tached, conform to tlie dittay contained in the traistis. So called, because… Continue Reading TRAISTIS
SANIS
A kind of punishment among the Greeks; inflicted by binding the malefactor fast to a piece of wood. Enc. Lond. SANITARY AUTHORITIES 1056 SATISFACTORY EVIDENCE
MISREPRESENTATION
which was commonly used to be given by the ordinary to such condemned malefactors as were allowed the benefit of clergy; whence it is also called the “psalm of mercy.” Wharton.
HUE AND CRY
In old English law. A loud outcry with which felons (such as robbers,burglars, and murderers) were anciently pursued, and which all who heard it werebound to take up, and join in the pursuit, until the malefactor was taken. Bract fols.1156, 124; 4 Bl. Comm. 293.A written proclamation issued on the escape of a felon from… Continue Reading HUE AND CRY
HARO, HARRO
Fr. In Norman and early English law. An outcry, or hue and cryafter felons and malefactors. Cowell.
GIEBET
A gallows; the post on which malefactors are hanged, or on which theirbodies are exposed. It differs from a common gallows, in that it consists of one perpendicularpost, from the top of which proceeds one arm, except it be a double gibbet,which is formed in the shape of the Roman capital T. Enc. Loud.
GALLOWS
A scaffold; a beam laid over either one or two posts, from which malefactors are hanged.
FUSTIGATIO
In old English law. A beating with sticks or clubs; one of the ancientkinds of punishment of malefactors. Bract fol. 1046, lib. 3. tr. 1, c. 6.
BANE
A malefactor. Bract 1. 1, t 8, c. 1. Also a public denunciation of a malefactor; the same with what was called “hutesium,” hue and cry. Spelman.