Felonia
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
Felony.
The act or offense by which a vassal forfeited his fee, Spelman; ik Pe; feloniam, with a eriminal in- Co. Litt. $91. Felonia, ox vi termini significat quodet capitals crimen felleo animo perpetratum.
Co, Litt. 891.
Felony, by force of the term, signifies any capital crime perrated with a malignant mind. Felonia implicatur in qualibot proditione.
3 Inst. 15.
Felony is implied in every treason.