capital offence in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for capital offence in the English»Spanish Dictionary

offence [Am əˈfɛns, Brit əˈfɛns] N Brit

offence → offense

See also offense

offense, offence Brit [Am əˈfɛns, Brit əˈfɛns] N

I.capital1 [Am ˈkæpədl, Brit ˈkapɪt(ə)l] N

3. capital U FIN:

capital transfer tax (in UK) HISTORY

II.capital1 [Am ˈkæpədl, Brit ˈkapɪt(ə)l] ADJ

capital2 [Am ˈkæpədl, Brit ˈkapɪt(ə)l] N ARCHIT

capital offence in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for capital offence in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.capital [ˈkæpɪtl, Am -ət̬l] N

II.capital [ˈkæpɪtl, Am -ət̬l] ADJ

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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This being a capital offence, the accuser was liable to the punishment of death if he failed in the proof, and the decision was not further challenged.
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Number of capital offences was reduced and capital punishment was abolished for property offences.
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It was a capital offence.
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Between 1660 and 1819 these increased greatly and 187 capital offences were enacted.
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Stealing a body was considered deeply impious and a capital offence, and the disciples had taken no action to prevent the crucifixion itself.
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The act repealed the laws allowing for the death penalty and amended various other laws referring to death sentences or capital offences.
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In 1275, coin clipping was made a capital offence, and in 1278, raids on suspected coin clippers were carried out.
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Horse theft was a capital offence.
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These courts did not cover cases that involved other religious groups, or capital offences or threats to public order.
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One edition contained an introduction suggesting that swindling be made (another) capital offence.
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