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Capital Crime

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

One for which the punishment of death is inflicted.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A crime punishable by death.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

One for which the punishment of death is inflicted. CAPITAL P0RTMEN. See Ipswich, Domesday of.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

One for which the punishment of death is prescribed and inflicted. Walker v. State, 28 Tex. App. 503, 13 S. W. 860; Ex parte Dusenberry, 07 Mo. 504, 11 S. W. 217.

Defined under Crime in Black's Law Dictionary.