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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

pleudings; this is a technical word which must be introduced into every indictment for a felony, charging the offence to have been committed feloniously, no other word, nor any circumlocution will supply its place.

Com. Dig. Indictment, G 6; Bac. Ab. Indictment, G 1; 2 Hale, 172, 184; Hawk. B. 2; c. 25, s. 55; Cro. C. C. 37; Burn’s Just. Indict. ix.; Williams’s Just. Indict. iv.; Cro. Eliz. 193; 5 Co.121; 1 Chit. Cr. Law, 242.