OFFENCES AGAINST THE See also:

• OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON

PERSON  . This expression is used in See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law to classify crimes involving some See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of See also:

• ASSAULT (from Lat. ad, to or on, and saltare, to leap)

assault or See also:

• PERSONAL

personal violence or See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical injury, i.e. offences affecting the See also:

• LIFE

life, See also:

• LIBERTY (Lat. libertas, from liber, free)

liberty or safety of an individual: but it is also extended to certain offences against morality which cannot technically be described as assaults . The bulk of the offences thus classified, so far as their See also:

• DEFINITION (Lat. definitio, from de-finire, to set limits to, describe)

definition or See also:

• PUNISHMENT (from Lat. punire, to punish, from poena, punishment, Gr. 7rocvil)

punishment depends upon See also:

• STATUTE

statute law, are included in the Offences Against the See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

Person See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict . C . 100), and in the Criminal Law See also:

• AMENDMENT (through the O. Fr. amender, to correct, from Lat. mendum, a fault)

Amendment Acts of 188c and 1885, and the Prevention of See also:

• CRUELTY (through the O. Fr. crualte, mod. cruaute, from the Lat. crudelitas)

Cruelty to See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

Children Act 1904 . The See also:

• CLASSIFICATION (Lat. classis, a class, probably from the root cal-, cla-, as in Gr. icaMce, clamor)

classification in these statutes is not scientific: e.g. See also:

• BIGAMY (from Lat. bis, twice, and Gr. ya,uor, marriage)

bigamy is within the act of 1861 (s . 57), and certain offences involving assault, e.g. See also:

• ROBBERY (from O. Fr. rober, to steal)

robbery, are to be found in other statutes . The particular offences dealt with by the acts above named are discussed under their appropriate titles, e.g. See also:

• ABORTION (from Lat. aboriri, to fail to be born, or perish)

abortion, assault, bigamy, See also:

• HOMICIDE (Lat. homicidium)

homicide, See also:

• RAPE
• RAPE (from Lat. rapere, to seize)
• RAPE (Lat. rapum or rapa, turnip)

rape, &c . In the See also:

• INDIAN

Indian penal See also:

• CODE (Lat. codex)

code most of the offences above referred to fall under the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head " offences against the human See also:

• BODY

body " (ch. xvi.) . In his See also:

• DIGEST

Digest of the Criminal Law See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James See also:

• STEPHEN
• STEPHEN (1097?-1154)
• STEPHEN (ISTVAN) BATHORY (1533-1586)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES (1789-1859)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES FITZJAMES, BART
• STEPHEN, SIR LESLIE (1832-1904)

Stephen includes most of these offences under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title " offences against the person, the conjugal and parental rights, and the reputation of individuals," a classification also to be found in the English draft code of 188o and adopted in the See also:

• QUEENSLAND

Queensland code of 1899 .