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crimen exceptum

crimen exceptum noun: a legal doctrine used in early modern European law that classified certain offenses as so heinous that normal legal rules, especially ordinary rules of evidence, could be suspended.

Noun

crimen exceptum

  1. (historical) A legal doctrine used in early modern European law that classified certain offenses as so heinous that normal legal rules, especially ordinary rules of evidence, could be suspended.

Origin of crimen exceptum

Latin.

Questions about crimen exceptum

What does crimen exceptum mean?
Crimen exceptum means a legal doctrine used in early modern European law that classified certain offenses as so heinous that normal legal rules, especially ordinary rules of evidence, could be suspended.
What part of speech is crimen exceptum?
Crimen exceptum is a noun.

Words near crimen exceptum in the dictionary

  1. crimelike
  2. crimelord
  3. crimelords
  4. crimen
  5. crimen adulterii
  6. crimen exceptum
  7. crimen falsi
  8. crimen injuria
  9. crimenetly
  10. Crimeo-
  11. crimeproof

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