Culprit
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culprit-188-6904977
title:
Culprit
text:
A culprit, under English law properly the prisoner at the bar, is one accused of a crime. The term is used, generally, of one guilty of an offence. In origin the word is a combination of two Anglo-French legal words: "culpable" (guilty), and "prit" or "prest". On the prisoner at the bar pleading not guilty, the clerk of the crown answered culpable, and states that he was ready ("prest") to join issue. The words "cul. prist" were then entered on the roll, showing that issue had been joined. When
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
English legal term
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culprit
date created:
2006-02-01T10:50:15Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T22:24:03Z
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