Guilt
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
crim. law, is that aualiey in a person which renders him criminal, and to which the law annexes a punishment; or it is that disposition to violate the law, which has manifested itself by some act already done. ‘The opposite of innocence. Vide Rutherf.
Inst. B. 1 c. 18,.s. 10.