Definition for CRIM-IN-AL'I-TY, or CRIM'IN-AL-NESS

CRIM-IN-AL'I-TY, or CRIM'IN-AL-NESS, n.

The quality of being criminal, or a violation of law; guiltiness; the quality of being guilty of a crime. This is by no means the only criterion of criminality. – Blackstone, iv. ch. 17. Panoplist. Encyc.

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