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Larceny Act (with its variations) is a stock short title which was formerly used for legislation in the United Kingdom and in the Republic of Ireland relating to larceny and other offences against property.

The Bill for an Act with this short title will have been known as a Larceny Bill during its passage through Parliament.

Larceny Acts may be a generic name either for legislation bearing that short title or for all legislation on that subject.

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Larceny

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common law offence of larceny is punishable with up to 5 years' imprisonment. Whilst section 117 of the New South Wales Crimes Act 1900 specifies the punishment...

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Larceny Act

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Larceny Act (with its variations) is a stock short title which was formerly used for legislation in the United Kingdom and in the Republic of Ireland...

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Larceny Act 1861

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The Larceny Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 96) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (as it then was). It consolidated...

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Theft Act 1968

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The Larceny Act 1916 had codified the common law, including larceny itself, but it remained a complex web of offences. The intention of the Theft Act 1968...

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Larceny Act 1916

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The Larceny Act 1916 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Its purpose was to consolidate and simplify the law relating to larceny triable...

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Larceny Act 1901

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The Larceny Act 1901 (1 Edw. 7. c. 10) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It created offences of fraudulent conversion. This Act amended...

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Embezzlement

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based on an act passed by parliament in 1528. The North Carolina courts interpreted this statute as creating an offence called "larceny by employee";...

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Sacrilege

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the Larceny Act 1861 was repealed by section 48(1) of, and the schedule to, the Larceny Act 1916. It was replaced by section 24 of the Larceny Act 1916...

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Indictments Act 1915

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Act 1908 Form 7 - Larceny, contrary to section 67 of the Larceny Act 1861 Form 8 - Robbery with violence, contrary to section 42 of the Larceny Act 1861...

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False pretenses

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section 90 of the Larceny Act 1861. That section was replaced by section 32(2) of the Larceny Act 1916. Section 32 of the Larceny Act 1916 read: Every...

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Robbery

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words "or immediately after" that appeared in section 23(1)(b) of the Larceny Act 1916 were deliberately omitted from section 8(1). The book Archbold said...

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Abstracting electricity

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term not exceeding five years. This section replaces section 10 of the Larceny Act 1916. The following cases are relevant: R v Hoar and Hoar [1982] Crim...

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Theft Act

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Larceny Act. England and Wales The Theft Act 1730 (4 Geo. 2. c. 32) (Repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1963) The Theft Act 1968 The Theft Act 1978...

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Extortion

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including physical threats. See section 21 of the Theft Act 1968 plus sections 29 and 30 of the Larceny Act 1916. A group of people may also be committing conspiracy...

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Criminal conversion

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superseded by the identically named offences under the Larceny Act 1901 and sections 20 and 21 of the Larceny Act 1916. The former offence of fraudulent conversion...

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Kempton Bunton

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against either. In a direct response to the case, Section 11 of the Theft Act 1968 was enacted, making it an offence to remove without authority any object...

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Possession of stolen goods

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stolen goods" under section 33 of the Larceny Act 1916.) This offence is created by section 22(1) of the Theft Act 1968, which provides: A person handles...

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Theft

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synonym or informal shorthand term for some crimes against property, such as larceny, robbery, embezzlement, extortion, blackmail, or receiving stolen property...

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False accounting

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Section 17 replaces sections 82 and 83 of the Larceny Act 1861 and the Falsification of Accounts Act 1875. The words "dishonestly with a view to gain...

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Habitual Criminals Act

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criminals act as follows: Every person convicted in this state of any crime of which fraud or intent to defraud is an element, or of petit larceny, or of...

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Uttering

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defined all of those terms for that purpose. Section 29(1)(i) of the Larceny Act 1916, now repealed, created the offence of uttering a letter or writing...

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Legal history of wills

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Duke of Bridgewater. At common law there could be no larceny of a will of lands. But by the Larceny Act 1861 stealing, injuring or concealing a will, whether...

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Libel Act 1843

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was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1891. This section was repealed by the Schedule to the Larceny Act 1916. This section formerly provided: If...

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Praedial larceny

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Praedial larceny is the theft of agriculture produce. While such theft is almost universal, this term is primarily used in the Caribbean region where...

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