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Definition of Capital offense
1. Noun. A crime so serious that capital punishment is considered appropriate.
Definition of Capital offense
1. Noun. A crime for which the maximum penalty is capital punishment. ¹
2. Noun. A crime for which the maximum penalty is life in prison without parole. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Capital Offense
Literary usage of Capital offense
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1909)
"753, the defendant could have been convicted under the indictment for a capital
offense, but was in fact found guilty only of a conspiracy, and the circuit ..."
2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1899)
"Making attempt at rape a capital offense. Providing for the establishment of a
board of dental examiners, and making it unlawful for any person to engage in ..."
3. Montgomery's Manual of Federal Procedure, Practice and Forms by Charles Carroll Montgomery (1918)
"Persons Indicted of Treason or capital offense Entitled to Copy of Indictment
and List of Jurors and Witnesses. 1364. Persons Indicted for Capital Crimes ..."
4. Criminal Procedure of United States Courts by E. T. Roe (1887)
"... or punished for treason or other capital offense,'willful murder except- ed,
unless the indictment is found within three years next after such treason ..."
5. Federal Criminal Law and Procedure by Elijah Nathaniel Zoline (1921)
"... or punished for treason or other capital offense, wilful murder excepted,
unless the indictment is found within three years next after such treason or ..."
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