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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

A popular term for larceny. It is a wider term than larceny and includes other forms of wrongful deprivation of property of another.

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Br. Acts constituting embezzlement or swindling may be properly so called.

Smith v. State, 21 Tex. App. 133, 17 S. W. 558. See Quitzow v. State, 1 Tex. App. 68.