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Definition of Misdemeanant
1. n. One guilty of a misdemeanor.
Definition of Misdemeanant
1. Noun. One who commits misdemeanors ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Misdemeanant
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misdemeanant
Literary usage of Misdemeanant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Digest of the Criminal Law (crimes and Punishments) by James Fitzjames Stephen (1887)
"3 Imprisonment as a misdemeanant of the first division is inflicted by confining the
... Such a misdemeanant is not to be deemed to be a criminal prisoner. ..."
2. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings ... Annual Forum by National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, Conference of Charities (U.S., Conference of Charities (U.S.), National Conference of Social Work (U.S. (1914)
"The Treatment of the misdemeanant General Session, May 13, 8:00 PM MR. BUTLER:
My friends, in charities it is ever our duty to oppose the natural tendency ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence as Administered in England and Ireland by John Pitt Taylor (1887)
"... if he would enter into recognizances for the appearance of a misdemeanant,
this promise, as relating to a criminal proceeding, was held not to fall ..."
4. A Law Dictionary Containing Definitions of the Terms and Phrases of American by Henry Campbell Black (1910)
"misdemeanant. A person guilty of a misdemeanor ; one sentenced to punishment upon
conviction ... See FIRST-CLASS misdemeanant. MISDEMEANOR. In criminal law. ..."
5. The Law Journal Reports: New Series (1885)
"as a misdemeanant of the first division. Thereupon he brought error on the record
on the ground that he could not have been proceeded against by the ..."
6. A Digest of the Criminal Law (crimes and Punishments) by the Late James by James Fitzjames Stephen, Herbert Stephen (1894)
"2 Imprisonment as a misdemeanant of the first division is inflicted by confining the
... Such a misdemeanant is not to be deemed to be a criminal prisoner. ..."
7. Cases Argued and Decided in the Supreme Court of Mississippi by Mississippi Supreme Court, Mississippi, Reuben O. Reynolds, Supreme Court (1916)
"Killing fugitive misdemeanant. Plea. "At." "Towards." Mode of arrest. Discharge of
firearms. A sheriff and the sureties on his official bond are liable in a ..."
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