larcenous definition of larcenous in the Free Online Encyclopedia.

larceny, in law, the unlawful taking and carrying away of the property of another, with intent to deprive the owner of its use or to appropriate it to the use of the perpetrator or of someone else. It is usually distinguished from embezzlement embezzlement, wrongful use, for one's own selfish ends, of the property of another when that property has been legally entrusted to one. Such an act was not larceny at common law because larceny was committed only when property was acquired by a "felonious taking," i.
..... Click the link for more information. and false pretenses in that the actual taking of the property is accomplished unlawfully and without the victim's consent (see robbery robbery, in law, felonious taking of property from a person against his will by threatening or committing force or violence. The injury or threat may be directed against the person robbed, his property, or the person or property of his relative or of anyone in his
..... Click the link for more information. ); along with the taking there must be a carrying-off. It is also distinguished from burglary burglary, at common law , the breaking and entering of a dwelling house of another at night with the intent to commit a felony , whether the intent is carried out or not.
..... Click the link for more information. in that the theft does not necessarily involve unlawful breaking and entering. Statutes in some states of the United States enlarge the scope of larceny to include embezzlement and false pretenses. Grand larceny, usually a felony felony (fĕl`ənē), any grave crime, in contrast to a misdemeanor , that is so declared in statute or was so considered in common
..... Click the link for more information. , is distinguished from petty larceny, usually a misdemeanor misdemeanor, in law, a minor crime, in contrast to a felony . At common law a misdemeanor was a crime other than treason or a felony. Although it might be a grave offense, it did not affect the feudal bond or take away the offender's property. By the 19th cent.
..... Click the link for more information. , by the value of the property stolen.

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