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What (who) is misprision - definition
FAILURE TO REPORT A CRIME
Misprison; Missprision; Misprisons; Missprisions; Missprison; Missprisons; Misprisions
Misprision
·noun Neglect; undervaluing; contempt.
II. Misprision ·noun A neglect, negligence, or contempt.
III. Misprision ·noun The act of misprising; misapprehension; misconception; mistake.
misprision
misprision1 [m?s'pr??(?)n]
(also misprision of treason or felony)
¦ noun Law, chiefly historical the deliberate concealment of one's knowledge of a crime.
Origin
ME: from OFr. mesprision 'error', from mesprendre, from mes- 'wrongly' + prendre 'to take'.
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misprision2 [m?s'pr??(?)n]
¦ noun rare erroneous judgement.
Origin
C16: from misprize, influenced by misprision1.
misprision
n.
1.
Mistake, misconception, misunderstanding.
2.
(Law.) Neglect, negligence, contempt.
3.
Neglect, oversight, mistake.
Wikipedia
Misprision
Misprision (from Old French: mesprendre, modern French: se méprendre, "to misunderstand") in English law describes certain kinds of offence. Writers on criminal law usually divide misprision into two kinds: negative and positive.
It survives in the law of England and Wales and Northern Ireland only in the term misprision of treason.
Examples of use of misprision
1. Misprision of a felony carries a three–year maximum prison sentence, but prosecutors are recommending probation for Zach Scruggs, 33.
2. Sentenced May 8, 1'81, to three months in prison and 33 months‘ probation. · Elke Margarethe Mikaelian of Roswell, N.M., misprision (concealment) of a felony.
3. Scruggs‘ son, Zach Scruggs, pleaded guilty to misprision of a felony, meaning he knew a crime was committed but didn‘t report it.
4. Zach Scruggs pleaded guilty to misprision of a felony, which means he had knowledge of a felony but didn‘t report it.
5. Philip Russell pleaded guilty in September to misprision of a felony, which means he had knowledge of a felony but didn‘t report it.