Definition and Citations:
Lat In the civil law. The offense of stealing or embezzling the public money. Hence the common English word “peculation,” but “embezzlement” is the proper legal term. 4 Bl. Comm. 121, 122.
Lat In the civil law. The offense of stealing or embezzling the public money. Hence the common English word “peculation,” but “embezzlement” is the proper legal term. 4 Bl. Comm. 121, 122.