Definition of Burglary

In criminal law. The breaking and entering the house of another in the night-time, with intent to commit a felon"y therein, whether the felony be actually committed or not. Anderson v. State, 48 Ala. 666, 17 Am. Rep. 36; Benson v. McMahon, 127 XJ. S. 457, 8 Sup. Ct. 1240, 32 L. Ed. 234; Hunter v. State, 29 Ind. 80; State v. Petit, 32 Wash. 129, 72 Pac. 1021; Sinte v. Langford, 12 N. C. 253; State v. McCall, 4 Ala. 644, 39 Am. Dec. 314; State v. Wllson, 1 N. J. Law, 439, 1 Am. Dec. 216; Com. v. Newell, 7 Mass. 245. The common-law definition has been much modified by statute in several of the states. For example: "Every person who enters any house, room, apartment, tenement, shop, warehouse, store, mill, barn, stable, outhouse, or other building, tent, vessel, or rallroad car, with intent to commit grand or petit larceny, or any felony, is guilty of burglary." Pen. Code Cal. § 459.