FELONICE
\fˈɛlɒnɪs], \fˈɛlɒnɪs], \f_ˈɛ_l_ɒ_n_ɪ_s]\
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Feloniously. Anciently an Indispensable word in indictments for felony,and classed by Lord Coke among those voces artis (words of art) which cannot be expressedby any periphrasis or circumlocution. 4 Coke, 39; Co. Litt. 391a; 4 Bl. Comm.307.
By Henry Campbell Black
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