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Incendiary

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Bouvier (1839)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

One committing or attempting arson or the burning of a building.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A house-burner; one guilty of arson; one who maliciously and willfully sets another person's bnilding on fire.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

One who wilfully and maliciously another.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A house-burner; one guilty of arson; one who maliciously and Incendium wre alieno non exuit debitorem. Cod. 4, 2, 11. A fire does not release a debtor from his debt.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

crim. law. One who maliciously and wilfully sets another person’s house on fire; one guilty of the crime of arson. This offender is punished by the statute laws of the different states according to their several provisions. The civil law punished him with death, Dig. 47, 9, 12, 1, by being cast into the fire. Ib. 48, 19,28, 12; Code, 9, 1, 11; vide Dane’ 8 Ab. Index, h.t