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CHEATING , " the fraudulently obtaining the See also:

PROPERTY

property of another by any deceitful practice not amounting to See also:

FELONY (0. Fr. felonie, from felon, a word meaning " wicked," common to Romanic languages, cf. Italian fella, fellone, the ultimate origin of which is obscure, but is possibly connected either with Lat. fel, gall, or fallere, to deceive. The English " fel

felony, which practice is of such a nature that it directly affects, or may directly affect, the public at large" (See also:

Stephen, See also:

DIGEST

Digest of Criminal See also:

Law, See also:

CHAP

chap. xl. § 367). Cheating is either a See also:

COMMON

common law or statutory offence, and is punishable as a See also:

MISDEMEANOUR (from O. Fr. mes- and demener, to conduct oneself ill)

misdemeanour. An See also:

INDICTMENT (from Anglo-Fr. enditernent, enditer, to charge; Lat. in, against, dictare, declare)

indictment for cheating at common law is of comparatively rare occurrence, and the statutory See also:

CRIME (Lat. crimen, accusation)

crime usually presents itself in the See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form of obtaining See also:

MONEY

money by false pretences (q.v.). The word " cheat " is a variant of " See also:

ESCHEAT (O. Fr. esthete, from escheoir, to fall to one's share; Lat. excidere, to fall out)

escheat," i.e. the reversion of See also:

LAND

land to a See also:

lord of the See also:

FEE

fee through the failure of See also:

BLOOD

blood of the See also:

TENANT (from Lat. tenere, to hold)

tenant. The shortened form " cheater " for " escheator " is found See also:

early in the legal sense, and chetynge appears in the Promptorium Parvulorum, c. 1440, as the See also:

EQUIVALENT

equivalent of confiscatio. In the 16th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century " cheat " occurs in vocabularies of thieves and other See also:

SLANG

slang, and in such See also:

WORKS

works as the Use of See also:

DICE (plural of die, O. Fr. de, derived from Lat. dare, to give)

Dice-See also:

PLAY

Play (1532). It is frequent in See also:

Thomas Harman's See also:

CAVEAT (Latin for " let him beware," from cavere)

Caveat or Warening for . . . Vagabones (1567), in the sense of " thing," with a descriptive word attached, e.g. smeling chete = See also:

NOSE (O.Eng. nosu, cf. Dutch neus, Swed. nos, snout; the Aix in Provence. Both at Aix and at Lyons he acquired great connexion with O.Eng. nasu is obscure, cf. Ger. Nase, Lat. pares, distinction by his labours during outbreaks of the plague. In nostrils,

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