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- Felony - n. - An act on the part of the vassal which cost him his fee by forfeiture.
- Felony - n. - An offense which occasions a total forfeiture either lands or goods, or both, at the common law, and to which capital or other punishment may be added, according to the degree of guilt.
- Felony - n. - A heinous crime; especially, a crime punishable by death or imprisonment.
- Appellor - n. - One who confesses a felony committed and accuses his accomplices.
- Escheat - n. - The falling back or reversion of lands, by some casualty or accident, to the lord of the fee, in consequence of the extinction of the blood of the tenant, which may happen by his dying without heirs, and formerly might happen by corruption of blood, that is, by reason of a felony or attainder.
- Estovers - n. pl. - Necessaries or supples; an allowance to a person out of an estate or other thing for support; as of wood to a tenant for life, etc., of sustenance to a man confined for felony of his estate, or alimony to a woman divorced out of her husband's estate.
- Burglary - n. - Breaking and entering the dwelling house of another, in the nighttime, with intent to commit a felony therein, whether the felonious purpose be accomplished or not.
- Appellant - n. - One who accuses another of felony or treason.