Phrase Hound found 16 phrases and 1 compound words that contain offences. The most common are listed below. Open offences in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 16
- criminal offencesplural of criminal offence: A crime.
- hybrid offencesplural of hybrid offence: A crime in common-law jurisdictions that may be prosecuted either summarily or as indictment.
- summary offencesplural of summary offence: A crime in some common law jurisdictions that can be proceeded against summarily, without the right to a jury trial and/or indictment, as required for an indictable offence.
- either-way offencesplural of either-way offence: A crime in common-law jurisdictions that may be prosecuted either summarily or as indictment.
- lesser included offencesplural of lesser included offence: A crime the elements of which coincide with the elements of a more serious crime, from which the prosecutor is therefore precluded from separately charging a criminal defendant.
- indictable offencesplural of indictable offence: An offence which can only be tried on an indictment after a preliminary hearing to determine whether there is a prima facie case to answer or by a grand jury, in contrast to a summary offence.
- capital offencesplural of capital offence: Commonwealth of Nations spelling of capital offense.
- dual offencesplural of dual offence: A crime in common-law jurisdictions that may be prosecuted either summarily or as indictment.
- hanging offencesplural of hanging offence: A crime so serious that it is punishable by means of death by hanging.
- self-offencesplural of self-offence: One's own offence.
- weapons offencesplural of weapons offence: The possession or use of a weapon when committing a crime.
- offences taken into considerationplural of offence taken into consideration: An additional criminal offence which a defendant agrees to admit to following their conviction, which is formally taken into account when they are sentenced, but with a lesser weight than a full …
- cognizable offencesplural of cognizable offence: a criminal offence, usually serious in nature, that the offender may be arrested without warrant.
- arrestable offencesplural of arrestable offence: A criminal offence such that the offender may be arrested without warrant.
- offences to be taken into considerationplural of offence to be taken into consideration: An additional criminal offence which a defendant agrees to admit to following their conviction, which is formally taken into account when they are sentenced, but with a lesser weight than a …
- cognisable offencesplural of cognisable offence: a criminal offence, usually serious in nature, that the offender may be arrested without warrant.
Compound words 1
- cyberoffencesplural of cyberoffence: A criminal offense committed by means of the Internet or in cyberspace.