Violence
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Force. Violent: forcible; used literally and metaphorically. Violently: with force. Violence is a general term, including all sorts of force.
State v. Weaver, Bush. L. 9.
The acts necessary to constitute the crime of rape must be done " by force," and these words, or something equally significant, cannot be dispensed with in an indictment. The word " violently " does not fulfil the demands of the statute.
State v. Blake, 39 Me. 322.
Violent presumption
A strong presumption; a presumption of such a nature as almost to amount to proof.
Violent profits
The law of Scotland imposes on a tenant who forcibly or unwarrantably retains possession after he ought to have been removed, payment of " violent profits " by way of penalty. In houses, the violent profits amount to double the rent; in lands, they amount to the full profit which the proprietor could otherwise have made. Modey Sf W.