Traitor
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Anderson (1889), Abbott (1879), Bouvier (1839)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
One guilty of treason. See charge of Judge Sprague, District Court of Massachusetts, 1682; Bish. Crimes. The punishment of a traitor is death.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
See Treason.
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
One chargeable with treason; also, more generally, one ■who betrays a trust. Traitorous: treasonable; betraying. Traitorously: in the manner of traitors. TRANSACTIO; TRANSACTION. The civil law and French terms corresponding to compromise. They import an agreement to surrender the residue (if any) of an unascertained debt, in consideration of the payment of an agreed sum; or some other settlement of a suit or matter in controversy, by the contesting parties, made between themselves, without referring it to any tribunal.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
crimes. One guilty of treason. The punishment of a traitor is death. -