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MISDEME'ANOR, n. Ill behavior; evil conduct; fault; mismanagement.
Ill behavior; evil conduct; fault.
Shak. A crime less than a
felony.
Wharton.
* As a rule, in the old English law, offenses capitally
punishable were felonies; all other indictable offenses were
misdemeanors. In common usage, the word crime is employed to
denote the offenses of a deeper and more atrocious dye, while small
faults and omissions of less consequence are comprised under the
gentler name of misdemeanors. Blackstone. Syn. -- Misdeed; misconduct; misbehavior; fault; trespass; transgression. | ||||||||