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COMMON-LAW CRIMES Definition & Legal Meaning

Definition & Citations:

Such crimes as are punishable by the force of the common law, as distinguished from crimes created by statute. Wilkins v. U. S., _ 96 Fed. 837, 37 C. C. A. 588; In re Greene I* (C. C.) 52 Fed. 111. These decisions (and many others) hold that there are no common- law crimes against the United States.

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