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Larceny is a crime involving the unlawful taking or theft of the personal property of another person or business. It was an offence under the common law of England and became an offence in jurisdictions which incorporated the common law of England into their own law (also statutory law), where in many cases it remains in force.
Larceny Act (with its variations) is a stock short title which was formerly used for legislation in the United Kingdom and in the Republic of Ireland relating to ...
Larceny is a crime of criminal trespass on the possessory rights of another. A person lawfully possessing another's property who converts the property to his own use, or otherwise deprives the owner of its use cannot be guilty of larceny because he lawfully received the property; the possessor, however, could be guilty of fraudulent conversion.
The Larceny Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 96) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (as it then was). It consolidated provisions related to larceny and similar offences from a number of earlier statutes into a single Act.
The Larceny Act 1916 was repealed [5] on 1 January 1969, [6] in respect of offences committed after that date. [7] Larceny has been replaced by the broader offence of theft under section 1(1) of the Theft Act 1968. [8] This offence did incorporate some of the terminology and substance of larceny.
Larceny is the unlawful taking of another person's property with the intention to deprive the owner of it. If the stolen object is above a large value, then it is considered a felony and is called a grand theft. A petty theft is stealing an object with small value which would pass as a misdemeanor.
In some jurisdictions, the crime is called "larceny by finding" or "stealing by finding". [2] [3] By nation. England and Wales. In England and Wales, a theft ...
[3] [2]: 946 The case was significant because in common law at that time, larceny required a trespass by force and arms (vi et armis) or against the peace, which did not occur if the person was willingly handed the bulk or bales of items. [2]: 946 The breaking of the bulk was found to be the required force needed in the element of trespass.