crime

Question 1

abettor

Answer 1

any person who incites, instigates, encourages or counsels another to commit a crime

Question 2

accessory

Answer 2

anyone who aids the perpetrator with advice or assistance before or at the time of the crime or who acts in concert by watching whilst the crime is committed

Question 3

assault

Answer 3

a crime at common law which is every attack directed to take effect physically on the person of another whether or not actual injury is inflicted

Question 4

attempt to pervert the course of justice

Answer 4

a crime at common law and can be described as any overt and intentional action calculated, to interfere with either the normal investigation of a crime or the bringing of an offender to justice

Question 5

breach of the peace

Answer 5

a crime at common law and is constituted by one or more persons conducting himself or themselves in a riotous or disorderly manner where such conduct is severe enough to cause alarm to ordinary people and threaten serious disturbance to the community

Question 6

contempt of court

Answer 6

an intentional disrespect or an action against the courts authority

Question 7

culpable and reckless firerasing

Answer 7

is committed when property is set on fire as a result of a reckless act by the accused

Question 8

culpable homicide

Answer 8

a crime at common law and it is committed when a person unlawfully kills another person where death is caused by improper conduct, but the guilt is less than murder

Question 9

forgery and uttering

Answer 9

a crime at common law and consists in the making and publishing of writing feloniously intended to represent and pass for the genuine writing of another person

Question 10

fraud

Answer 10

fraud
falsehood
wilful imposition

Question 11

hate crime

Answer 11

a crime motivated by malice or ill will towards a social group

Question 12

homicide

Answer 12

when a human being kills another human being. the victim must be self extinct not an unborn child. but if the child has begun to breathe, it is immaterial that the death took place before complete delivery

Question 13

house

Answer 13

includes any dwelling house or other roofed building finished or unfinished or any part of a building used as a separate dwelling which is secured against intrusion by unauthorised persons

Question 14

lockfast place

Answer 14

includes rooms cupboards drawers safes desks cash boxes show cases and any other receptacle the contents of which are secured by lock and key

Question 15

malicious mischief

Answer 15

a crime at common law constituted by willful wanton and malicious destruction of or damage to the property of another

Question 16

murder

Answer 16

a crime at common law and is committed when a person kills another without necessary cause and where there is either an intention to kill or a wilful act so reckless as to show utter disregard for the consequences

Question 17

offensive weapon

Answer 17

includes any article made or adapted for the use of causing injury tot he person or intended by the person having it with them for such use by either themselves or by some other person

Question 18

perjury

Answer 18

a crime at common law committed by any person who willfully makes a false statement under oath or affirmation equivalent to oath

Question 19

principal

Answer 19

is the person who actually commits the crime

Question 20

reset

Answer 20

a crime at common law committed by any person with intent to deprive the owner to receive and keep property knowing that it had been appropriated by theft robbery embezzlement or fraud

Question 21

robbery

Answer 21

a crime at common law committed by any person who feloniously appropriates property by means of violence or threats of violence

Question 22

subornation of perjery

Answer 22

a crime at common law committed by any person who counsels or induces by means a person to give a false testimony in judicial proceedings

Question 23

theft

Answer 23

a crime at common law and is the taking and appropriating of property without the consent of the rightful owner or other lawful authority

Question 24

vandalism(sec 52 criminal law (consolidation)(Scotland act 1995)

Answer 24

creates an offence for any person to wilfully or recklessly destroy or damage property of another without reasonable excuse

Question 25

wasting police time

Answer 25

is a crime at common law committed by any person who maliciously makes a false statement to the police with the intention and effect of causing unnecessary police investigation

Question 26

wilful fireraising

Answer 26

commited when a person intentionally sets fire to any form of property