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A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

relating to, or having the character of crime, as, criminal law, criminal conversation, &c. It also signifies, substantively, a person convicted of a crime; as, the criminal] is to be hanged. CRIMINAL CONVERSA-