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Thought police antagonist
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Quaint legal term for poisoning
I like the term "with intent to annoy ".....I think most people would be annoyed if they were offered screenwash in a drink....
Just wondering if the term can be applied to any other crimes however. "Intent to annoy" would seem to cover quite a broad spectrum after all.
BBC News - Nanny in court on Ann Summers boss poison charge
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Krystal
Actually, a bit of Google suggest's there's much broader scope to that piece of legislation...
Quote:
Maliciously administering poison, with intent to injure, aggrieve, or annoy any other person.
So it looks like "to annoy" is the least strong of the available options to the judge.
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"annoy" has undoubtedly been judicially defined and may have a broader legal interpretation than the ordinary meaning of the word.
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Psychophysiological entity
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"Looking at me in a funny way."
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The law has some great phrases. I was involved in the collapse of a boundary wall due to 'the secret and undiscoverable processes of nature'.
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"Looking at me in a funny way."
"Offering insufficient bribe" gets you in the most trouble, in my experience
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I like the old (but still in use) Scots legal term for burglary - hamesucken .
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From an Oral Arguments transcript of the United States Supreme Court:
Quote:
And lastly, Your Honors, I've heard our door-to-door activity be referred to as an annoyance to be compared to obnoxious picketing at the home. I respectfully suggest that our activity indeed lies at the heart of the First Amendment.
Obnoxious picketing at the home? Anyone?
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I think that appearing on a TV "Talent" show should be
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I love the term that was used on death warrents in the Middle Ages - for guilty parties about to be hung, the abbreviation "SUSP" for "to be suspended" was used.
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The Criminal Code of Canada contains the offence of Alarming Her Majesty :
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Naughty Harry! I wonder what the joke was?
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I'll mak siccar
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Couldn't he share it with HM?
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I think that he (or Philip) had already 'shared' it by letting one go . . .
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lol
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