- The rule of
lenity, also
called the rule of
strict construction, is a
principle in
criminal law that
requires a
court to
interpret an
ambiguous or unclear...
-
convicted by the
court when
doubts about their guilt remain. The rule of
lenity is the
doctrine that
ambiguity should be
resolved in
favour of the more...
-
Baude states that "there is no such defense,
there was no such mistake, and
lenity [warning]
should not apply. And even if
these things were otherwise, the...
- steadiness, and
vigilance of that man,
joined to the
greatest possible lenity in his
character and his politics,
preserved the
crown to this
royal family;...
- had been
properly instructed” and
therefore was
harmless error. Rule of
lenity Counterman v.
Colorado 18 U.S.C. § 875(c). "Elonis v.
United States". SCOTUSblog...
- slaves, or such as are born in a man's own house, are
treated with more
lenity than
those which are
purchased with money. ... But
these restrictions on...
-
present rebellion against the
United States, that they must
expect no
further lenity, but look to be
rigorously dealt with
according to
their deserts; and declaring...
-
gentle leniency, lenient, leniment, lenis, lenition, lenitive, lenitude,
lenity lens lent-
lentil lens, lenticel, lenticular,
lentiform lentus lent- lentic...
- exist. One of his officers, Lord Percy, remarked, "The general's
great lenity and
moderation serve only to make them [the colonists] more
daring and insolent...
- that the
district court's
construction of the CFAA
violates the rule of
lenity, we
reverse the
judgment of
conviction on the CFAA count. A memoir, Raw...
