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Lucri causa

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Abbott (1879)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

For the sake of pecuniary profit. See 12 Nev. 401, 28 Am. Rep. 802.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Lat In criminal law. A term descriptive of the intent with which property is taken in cases of larceny, the phrase mcaning "fur the sake of lucre" or gain. State v. Ryan, 12 Nev. 403, 28 Am. Rep. 802 ; State v. Slingerland, 19 Nev. 135, 7 Pac. 280.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

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In criminal law. A term descriptive of the intent with which property is taken in cases of larceny, tha phrase meaning “for the sake of lucre” or gain.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

/. For the sake of gain.

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

For the sake of gain. A phrase descriptive of the intent or motive with which property is taken in cases of theft. Such an intent seems to have been essential to constitute theft a crime in the civil law. But the authorities have not always agreed as to whether such a motive must exist to render the taking of property larceny, at common law. See Larceny.