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High misdemeanor

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Discharging or aiming firearms, or throwing or using any offensive matter or weapon, with intent to injure or alarm the
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A number of statutory references to high misdemeanors have subsequently been repealed, including:
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Where a Roman Catholic advises the Crown on the appointment to offices of the Established Church
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Where a Jew advises the Crown on the appointment to offices of the Churches of
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describes a number of offences as being high misdemeanors, for example:
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refer to particular crimes as being high misdemeanors:
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English Law
misprisions
treason
maladministration
United Kingdom
statutes
Sovereign
England
Ireland
Scotland
Blackstone
returning officer
Parliament of Ireland
High crimes and misdemeanours
Treason Act 1842
Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829
Jews Relief Act 1858
Parliamentary Elections (Ireland) Act 1820
Parliamentary Elections (Ireland) Act 1823
Halsbury's Laws of England
Commentaries on the Laws of England
Category
English law

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