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  • 111High Treason (1951 film) — Infobox Film name = High Treason caption = imdb id = 0043637 writer = Roy Boulting Frank Harvey starring = Liam Redmond Anthony Bushell André Morell director = Roy Boulting editing = Max Benedict producer = Paul Soskin cinematography = Gilbert… …

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  • 112An Experiment in Treason — infobox Book | name = An Experiment In Treason title orig = translator = image caption = author = Bruce Cook (writing as Bruce Alexander) cover artist = country = United States language = English series = Sir John Fielding, #9 subject = genre =… …

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  • 113high treason — See treason. Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001 …

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  • 114misprision of treason — the crime of failing to inform the authorities where the accused knows or has reasonable cause to believe that another has committed treason. Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001 …

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  • 115high treason — n. to commit high treason * * * [ˌhaɪ triːz(ə)n] to commit high treason …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 116high treason — noun uncount a crime against your country, for example the crime of trying to take control of the government or helping your country s enemies: TREASON …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 117misprision of felony or treason — The common law offense of failure to inform the authorities as to a treason or felony that one has witnessed or that has come to his knowledge; the failure to prevent a felony from being committed. 21 Am J2d Crim L § 7. The federal offense of… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 118high treason — n. treason against the ruler or government …

    English World dictionary

  • 119petit treason — ˈped.]ē, ˈpet], ]i noun Etymology: alteration (influenced by petit) of petty treason English law : the crime committed by a servant in killing his master, by a wife in killing her husband, or by an ecclesiastic in killing his superior * * * /pet… …

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  • 120Petit treason — Petit Pet it, a. [F. See {Petty}.] Small; little; insignificant; mean; Same as {Petty}. [Obs., except in legal language.] [1913 Webster] By what small, petit hints does the mind catch hold of and recover a vanishing notion. South. [1913 Webster]… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English