Arson definition:
The intentional setting of a fire to a building.
Some jurisdiction define arson as the intentional setting of a fire to a building in which people live.
Others include as arson the intentionally setting of a fire to any building.
Arson The crime of intentionally setting fire to any structure. A death that results from arson is murder.
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ARSON - a criminal offense occurring when a person intentionally sets fire to or burns something; and the person acted wrongfully and without justification, or the person did something which was a substantial step toward committing the crime.
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(n) Arson is the act of burning an article or property with a purpose to destroy or damage them, scar or horrify the public or a section of them, with a criminal intention. Eg.
Arson: a willful or malicious burning, or attempt to burn, a home, public place, vehicle or any personal property of another.
Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court to decide whether the trial was conducted properly.
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Hundreds of lives are lost each year in arson-related fires, and thousands suffer burns and other injuries as a result of these crimes. In addition, arson is very financially costly to our society.
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Some countries define "arson" as the intentional setting of a fire to a building in which people live; others include as "arson" the intentionally setting of a fire to any building.
arson The malicious burning of the house or other structure belonging to another.
assault An intentional, unlawful injury to the person of another by force.
assignee A person to whom an assignment is made.
Arson:
Willfully and unlawfully damaging real or personal property by means of fire or explosives or while committing a "felony". This offense includes damaging one's own property with the intent to defraud an insurer.
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n. the felony crime of intentionally burning a house or other building. The perpetrators range from mentally ill pyromaniacs to store owners hoping to get insurance proceeds.
Arson Â- Blackmail Â- Burglary
Embezzlement Â- Extortion
False pretenses Â- Larceny
Receiving stolen property
Robbery Â- Theft ...
As compared with the earlier assize it prescribes greater severity of punishment for criminal offences; arson and forgery were henceforth to be crimes about which the jurors are to enquire; ...
The term house, in case of arson, includes not only the dwelling but all the outhouses, as in the case of burglary.
Definition - Noun
: the possibility of loss to an insurance company (as by arson) arising from the character or circumstances of the insured <deductibles decrease moral hazard>
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Crimes commonly found in the felony category include murder, kidnapping, armed robbery, embezzlement, rape, treason, fraud, grand theft, arson, racketeering, some instances of drug possession, and the third or fourth O.V.I.
FELONY - Serious crime punishable by incarceration for a year or more. Includes rape, murder, robbery, burglary, and arson. Punishable by more than one year in a state penitentiary.
EXPERT WITNESS: A witness with a specialized knowledge of a subject who is allowed to discuss an event in court even though he or she was not present. For example, an arson expert could testify about the probable cause of a suspicious fire.
corpus delicti - The body (material substance) upon which a crime has been committee, e.g., the corpse of a murdered man or the charred remains of a house burned by an arsonist.
Grand Jury rules that there is enough evidence to charge a defendant with a felony (a crime punishable by death or a term in the state penitentiary). These crimes include murder, manslaughter, rape, kidnapping, grand theft, robbery, burglary, arson, ...
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