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Webster 1913 Edition
Misprision
Mis-pri′sion
,Noun.
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)
A neglect, negligence, or contempt.
☞ 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.”
In a more modern sense it is applied exclusively to two offenses: –
1.
2.
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.