Lexic.us

Definition of Burglary

1. Noun. Entering a building unlawfully with intent to commit a felony or to steal valuable property.

Definition of Burglary

1. n. Breaking and entering the dwelling house of another, in the nighttime, with intent to commit a felony therein, whether the felonious purpose be accomplished or not.

Definition of Burglary

1. Noun. The crime of unlawfully breaking into a vehicle, house, store, or other enclosure with the intent to steal. ¹

2. Noun. (legal) Under the common law, breaking and entering of the dwelling of another at night with the intent to commit a felony. ¹

3. Noun. (context: legal US) Under the Model Penal Code, entering a building or occupied structure with purpose to commit a crime therein, unless the premises are at the time open to the public or the actor is licensed or privileged to enter. Model Penal Code § 221.1. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Burglary

1. a felonious theft [n -GLARIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Burglary

Literary usage of Burglary

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanors by William Oldnall Russell, Charles Sprengel Greaves (1877)
"(v) An acquittal upon an indictment for burglary, in breaking and ... The plea concluded with averring that the burglary was the same identical burglary. ..."

2. Precedents of Indictments and Pleas: Adapted to the Use Both of the Courts by Francis Wharton (1871)
"(377) burglary with intent to ravish: with a count for burglary with ... (378) burglary and larceny, at common law, by breaking into a parish church. ..."

3. The Codes and Statutes of California, as Amended and in Force at the Close by California, Carter Pitkin Pomeroy (1901)
"Upon an indict- tiou for burglary charging that defendant entered the basement of a certain ... Entry by consent of owner is not burglary: See 91 Am. Dec. ..."

4. A Treatise on the Law of Crimes by William Lawrence Clark, William Lawrence Marshall, Herschel Bouton Lazell (1905)
"Statutes Relating to burglary. In most jurisdictions, perhaps in all, ... Some of them have made it burglary to break and enter premises that were not the ..."

5. A Practical Treatise of the Law of Evidence, and Digest of Proofs, in Civil by Thomas Starkie (1891)
"If A. send in a child of seven or eight years old at the window, who takes goods out and delivers them to A., who carries them away, it is a burglary by A., ..."

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