OB CONTINENTIAM DELIOTI
Categories: Criminal Law
Definition (1910 Edition)
account of contiguity to the offense, 4. c., being contaminated by conjunction with something illegal. For example, the cargo of a vessel, though not contraband. or unlawful, may be condemned in admiralty, niong with the vessel, when the vessel has been engaged in some service which renders her liable to seizure and confiscation. The cargo is then said to be condemned 00 contincntiam delicti, because found in company with an unlawful service. See 1 Kent,
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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