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compounding an offence

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compound

compound  

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Vb.1 To make a composition with creditors.2 See compounding an offence.
impeding apprehension or prosecution

impeding apprehension or prosecution  

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Giving assistance to a person one knows to be guilty of an indictable offence with the intention of preventing or delaying his arrest or prosecution (e.g. providing a hiding place or destroying ...
misprision

misprision  

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N.Failure to report an offence. The former crime of misprision of felony has now been replaced by the crime of compounding an offence. However, the common-law offence of misprision of treason still ...

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