English-Thai Dictionary
misprision
N การ บกพร่อง ต่อ หน้าที่ indiscretion offense kan-bok-prok-tor-na-ti
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
MISPRISION
n.misprizh'un. [supra. ] Neglect; contempt. 1. In law, any high offense under the degree of capital, but nearly bordering thereon. Misprision is contained in every treason and felony. Misprisions are divided into negative and positive; negative, which consist in the concealment of something which ought to be revealed; and positive, which consist in the commission of something which ought not to be done. Misprision of treason, consists in a bare knowledge and concealment of treason, without assenting to it.
Maladministration in offices of high public trust, is a positive misprision.
1. Mistake; oversight; contempt. [Not in use. ]
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
MISPRISION
Mis *pri "sion, n. Etym: [LL. misprisio, or OF. mesprison, prop. , a mistaking, but confused with OF. mespris contempt, F. mépris. See 2d Misprise, Misprize, Prison. ]
1. The act of misprising; misapprehension; misconception; mistake. [Archaic ] Fuller. The misprision of this passage has aided in fostering the delusive notion. Hare.
2. Neglect; undervaluing; contempt. [Obs. ] Shak.
3. (Law )
Defn: A neglect, negligence, or contempt.
Note: In its larger and older sense it was used to signify "every considerable misdemeanor which has not a certain name given to it in the law. " Russell. In a more modern sense it is applied exclusively to two offenses: --1. Misprision of treason, which is omission to notify the authorities of an act of treason by a person cognizant thereof. Stephen. 2. Misprision of felony, which is a concealment of a felony by a person cognizant thereof. Stephen.
New American Oxford Dictionary
misprision
mis pri sion 1 |misˈpriZHən mɪsˈprɪʒən |(also misprision of treason or felony ) ▶noun Law, chiefly historical the deliberate concealment of one's knowledge of a treasonable act or a felony. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French mesprision ‘error, ’ from mesprendre, from mes- ‘wrongly ’ + prendre ‘to take. ’
misprision
mis pri sion 2 |mɪsˈprɪʒən misˈpriZHən | ▶noun rare erroneous judgment, esp. of the value or identity of something: he despised himself for his misprision. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from misprize, influenced by misprision 1 .
Oxford Dictionary
misprision
misprision 1 |mɪsˈprɪʒ (ə )n |(also misprision of treason or felony ) ▶noun Law, chiefly historical the deliberate concealment of one's knowledge of a treasonable act or a felony. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French mesprision ‘error ’, from mesprendre, from mes- ‘wrongly ’ + prendre ‘to take ’.
misprision
misprision 2 |mɪsˈprɪʒ (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] rare failure to appreciate or recognize the value or identity of something: he despised himself for his misprision. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from misprize, influenced by misprision 1 .
The Wordsmith Dictionary