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Feloniously

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

In pleading. This is a technical word which must be introduced into every indictment for a felony, charging the offense to have been committed feloniously. No other word nor any circumlocution will supply its place.

Comyn, Dig. "Indictment" (G 6); Bac. Abr. "Indictment" (G 1); 2 Hale, P. C. 172, 184; Hawk. P. C. bk. 2, c. 25, § 55; Cro. Car. 37; Williams, Just. "Indictment" (4); Cro. Eliz. 193; 5 Coke, 121; 1 Chit. Crim. Law, 242; 1 Bennett & H. Lead. Crim. Cas. 154.