continuing offense
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Case Law, Black's (1910)
Definitions from Case Law
From 306 U.S. 161 - United States v. Midstate Horticultural Co. · 1939Most cited · 175 citing opinions
A continuing offense is a continuous, unlawful act or series of acts set on foot by a single impulse and operated by an unintermittent force, however long a time it may occupy. Where such an act or series of acts runs through several jurisdictions, the offense is committed and cognizable in each.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A transaction or a series of acts set on foot by a single impulse. and operated by an unintermittent force, no matter how long a time it may occupy. People v. Sullivan, 9 Utah, 195, 33 Pac. 701.
Defined under Offense in Black's Law Dictionary.