Buggery (offensa cujus nominatio crimen est, as it is euphemistically designated in legal documents) was uniformly punished by putting to death both parties implicated, and usually by burning them alive.
The laws of the Indies authorized the governor and the alcaldes del crimen to try cases of strangers, [193] but in Manila, where there were no magistrates of this category, such cases were tried by the audiencia.
As already noted, the oidores of audiencias which did not contain alcaldes del crimen were authorized to entertain appeals from persons who had been condemned to death.
In New Spain an alcalde del crimen took the place of the junior oidor when the latter occupied the fiscalia.
There was no hypocritical plea for mercy, and the Sala del Crimen of the Audiencia, to which he was handed over, gave him no hearing or opportunity for defence.
Naturally in this case, there can be no question of any crimen osculationis, for, as the jurists have it, volenti non fit injuria.
I would not condescend to a search to avenge myself--but the Prince is attacked--It's crimen laesae majestatis and for that death is the penalty.
In which he is supported by the jurist Menochius of Padua, ‘ne tam horrendum crimen occultum sit’.
It is first represented as a single act, recently detected, and which men of character were prepared to substantiate: adulterii etiam crimen accedit.
Note: It was Tiberius, not Augustus, who first took in this sense the words crimen laesae majestatis.
But while Atreus paid back crime for crime and had excuse Page 128 crimen et infandas excusat coniuge mensas.
In the first place, it is to be observed that the maxim nullum crimen sine lege is not a limitation of sovereignty, but is in general a principle of justice.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "crimen" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
