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Definition of Peculates
1. peculate [v] - See also: peculate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peculates
Literary usage of Peculates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Studies in Roman Law: With Comparative Views of the Laws of France, England by Thomas Mackenzie Mackenzie (1862)
"... the offender generally suffered degradation, by loss of rank or office; and
he was sometimes condemned to exila peculates. Embezzle- By this is meant ..."
2. Magna Charta for America: James Abercromby's "An Examination of the Acts of by James Abercromby, Jack P. Greene, Charles F. Mullett, Edward C. Papenfuse (1986)
"On the contrary, Those, who Misbehaved, and Infringed the Laws, were Severely
punished, According to the particular Laws in such Cases, Vizt. peculates ..."
3. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1849)
"A. lex de multae sacramento which was carried in his consulship, is mentioned by
Festus (iv peculates, сотр. Cic. de Re PuU. ii. 35 ; Liv. iii. ..."
4. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"... the Lex Julia peculates, made more detailed provision against it, and it was
later definitely distinguished from that of embezzlement, or the illegal ..."
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