"Felony" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
In English law. Thjs term meant originally the state of having forfeited lands and goods to the crown upon convic-tion for certain offenses, and then, by transi-tion, any offense upon conviction for which such forfeiture followed, ln addition to any other punishment prescribed hy law; as dis
An offense which occasions a total forfeiture either lands
or goods, or both, at the common law, and to which capital or other
punishment may be added, according to the degree of guilt.
An act on the part of the vassal which cost him his fee by
forfeiture.
A heinous crime; especially, a crime punishable by death or
imprisonment.
It has been more wittily than charitably said that hell is paved with good intentions. They have their place in heaven also.
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A grizzled old man was eating in a truck stop when three Hell's Angels' bikers walked in. The first walked up to the old man, pushed his cigarette into the old man's pie and then took a seat at the counter. The second walked up to the old man, spat into the old man's milk and then he too took a seat at the counter. The third walked up to the old man, turned over the old man's plate, and then he took a seat at the counter. Without a word of protest, the old man quietly left the diner. Shortly thereafter, one of the bikers said to the waitress, "Humph, not much of a man, was he?" The waitress replied, "Not much of a truck driver either, he just backed his big-rig over three motorcycles."
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