See Also: felony(dictionary)
Felony(law)
felony(dictionary)
Felony Murder(law)
Felony Assaults(law)
FELONY, crimes(law)
COMPOUNDING A FELONY(law)
felony and misdemeanour(encyclopedia)
Misprision Of Felony(law)
Felony Murder Rule(law)

felony (iou)



felony noun. ME.
[Old & mod. French felonie, formed as FELON noun1 & adjective: see -Y3.]
1. Wickedness; anger; deceit, treachery. ME-M16.
2. A crime, a misdeed, a sin. ME-E16.
3. Feudal Law. An act committed by a vassal which involved the forfeiture of his fee. ME.
4. Crime regarded by the law as grave, and usu. involving violence; an instance of this. (Formerly distinguished from misdemeanour.) ME.
felony de se = FELO DE SE 2.