English Dictionary: petit larceny | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pedate \Ped"ate\, a. [L. pedatus, p. p. of pedare to furnish with feet, fr. pes, pedis, a foot.] (Bot.) Palmate, with the lateral lobes cleft into two or more segments; -- said of a leaf. -- {Ped"ate*ly}, adv. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Petit \Pet"it\, a. [F. See {Petty}.] Small; little; insignificant; mean; -- Same as {Petty}. [Obs., except in legal language.] By what small, petit hints does the mind catch hold of and recover a vanishing notion. --South. {Petit constable}, an inferior civil officer, subordinate to the high constable. {Petit jury}, a jury of twelve men, impaneled to try causes at the bar of a court; -- so called in distinction from the grand jury. {Petit larceny}, the stealing of goods of, or under, a certain specified small value; -- opposed to grand larceny. The distinction is abolished in England. {Petit ma[8c]tre}. [F., lit., little master.] A fop; a coxcomb; a ladies' man. --Goldsmith. {Petit serjeanty} (Eng. Law), the tenure of lands of the crown, by the service of rendering annually some implement of war, as a bow, an arrow, a sword, a flag, etc. {Petit treason}, formerly, in England, the crime of killing a person to whom the offender owed duty or subjection, as one's husband, master, mistress, etc. The crime is now not distinguished from murder. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Larceny \Lar"ce*ny\, n.; pl. {Larcenies}. [F. larcin, OE. larrecin, L. latrocinium, fr. latro robber, mercenary, hired servant; cf. Gr. ([?]) hired servant. Cf. {Latrociny}.] (Law) The unlawful taking and carrying away of things personal with intent to deprive the right owner of the same; theft. Cf. {Embezzlement}. {Grand larceny} [and] {Petit larceny are} distinctions having reference to the nature or value of the property stolen. They are abolished in England. {Mixed}, [or] {Compound, larceny}, that which, under statute, includes in it the aggravation of a taking from a building or the person. {Simple larceny}, that which is not accompanied with any aggravating circumstances. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Phototelegraphy \Pho`to*te*leg"ra*phy\, n. Telegraphy by means of light, as by the heliograph or the photophone. Also, less properly, telephotography. -- {Pho`to*tel"e*graph}, n. -- {Pho`to*tel`e*graph"ic}, a. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Phototelegraphy \Pho`to*te*leg"ra*phy\, n. Telegraphy by means of light, as by the heliograph or the photophone. Also, less properly, telephotography. -- {Pho`to*tel"e*graph}, n. -- {Pho`to*tel`e*graph"ic}, a. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Phototelegraphy \Pho`to*te*leg"ra*phy\, n. Telegraphy by means of light, as by the heliograph or the photophone. Also, less properly, telephotography. -- {Pho`to*tel"e*graph}, n. -- {Pho`to*tel`e*graph"ic}, a. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Phototelescope \Pho`to*tel"e*scope\, n. (Astron.) A telescope adapted for taking photographs of the heavenly bodies. |