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Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

In English Law. In cases of treason the law makes it a crime to imagine the death of the king. In order to complete being synonymous. It has been Justly remarked that the words to compass and imagine are too vague for a statute whose penalty affects the life of a subject.

Barrington, Stat. 243.

See Fiction.

See Fiction.