OFFENSE
Categories: Criminal Law
Definition (1910 Edition)
21 Am. ‘Dec. 316; Nichols v.‘Pinner, 18 N. ¥. 295, 300.
and. operated by. an tnintermittent force, no matter how long a time it may occupy. People v. Sullivan, 9 Utah, 195, 33 Pac. 701.— Quasi offense. One which is imputed to the person who is responsible for its injurious consequences, nat because he himself committed it, but because the perpetrator of it is presumed to have acted under his commands.
and. operated by. an tnintermittent force, no matter how long a time it may occupy. People v. Sullivan, 9 Utah, 195, 33 Pac. 701.— Quasi offense. One which is imputed to the person who is responsible for its injurious consequences, nat because he himself committed it, but because the perpetrator of it is presumed to have acted under his commands.
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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