double waste
Hist. The destruction occurring when a tenant having a duty to repair allows a house to deteriorate, and then unlawfully cuts down timber to repair it.
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harboring an illegal alien
harboring an illegal alien. The act of providing concealment from detection by law-enforcement authorities or shelter, employment, or transportation to help a noncitizen remain in the United States unlawfully, while knowing about or recklessly disregarding the noncitizen’s illegal immigration status. • The crime of harboring an illegal alien does not require that the offender be
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malfeasance
malfeasance (mal-fee-z[schwa]nts), n. A wrongful or unlawful act; esp. wrongdoing or misconduct by a public official; MISFEASANCE IN PUBLIC OFFICE. Cf. MISFEASANCE; NONFEASANCE. [Cases: Officers and Public Employees 121. C.J.S. Officers and Public Employees §§ 329–334.] — malfeasant (mal-fee-z[schwa]nt), adj. — malfeasor (mal-fee-z[schwa]r), n.
bidding up
bidding up. The act or practice of raising the price for an auction item by making a series of progressively higher bids. • Bidding up is unlawful if the bids are made collusively by persons with an interest in raising the bids. Cf. BY-BIDDING; SHILLING(1). [Cases: Auctions and Auctioneers 7. C.J.S. Auctions and Auctioneers §§
strip
strip, n. 1. The act of separating and selling a bond’s coupons and corpus separately. 2. The act of a tenant who, holding less than the entire fee in land, spoils or unlawfully takes something from the land. [Cases: Landlord and Tenant 55(2). C.J.S. Landlord and Tenant § 261.]
counterfeiting
counterfeiting, n. The unlawful forgery, copying, or imitation of an item, esp. money or a negotiable instrument (such as a security or promissory note) or other officially issued item of value (such as a postage stamp), or the unauthorized possession of such an item, with the intent to deceive or defraud by claiming or passing
after acquired evidence doctrine
after-acquired-evidence doctrine. Employment law. The rule that if an employer discharges an employee for an unlawful reason and later discovers misconduct sufficient to justify a lawful discharge, the employee cannot win reinstatement. • The doctrine either shields the employer from liability or limits the available relief when, after an employee has been terminated, the employer
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impersonation
impersonation n. 模仿；假装；冒名顶替 指装扮他人，或假冒或试图假冒某一特定的人(如以他人名义投票或使用他人信用卡)，或有某种权力或资格的人(如假冒警察或医生)。此类行为若为非法目的，其本身即为犯罪；它也常是许多犯罪及某些假权行为的构成要件之一。该词亦称为personation, false impersonation, false personation。尽管该词与false连用可将非法假冒〔unlawful impersonation〕与合法装扮〔lawful impersonation〕区别开来，但在法律语境中论及impersonation时多与违法行为相关，即使缺省了形容词亦如此。上述四词中，impersonation最为常用，且最可能用指非罪行为。在刑事领域，false personation次常用，personation和false impersonation较少用。
simony
simony (sim-[schwa]-nee orsI-m[schwa]-nee), n. [fr. Latin simonia “payment for things spiritual,” fr. the proper name Simon Magus (see below)] Hist. Eccles. law. The unlawful practice of giving or receiving money or gifts in exchange for spiritual promotion; esp., the unlawful buying or selling of a benefice or the right to present clergy to a vacant