The term “offense,” when used in any statute, shall mean any violation of law liable to punishment by criminal prosecution.
Miss. Code Ann. § 1-3-37
Offense
Codes, 1892, § 1511; 1906, § 1589; Hemingway’s 1917, § 1356; 1930, § 1380; 1942, § 688.
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