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
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
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