Note: There is no lawyer who would undertake to tell what a felony is, otherwise than by enumerating the various kinds of offenses which are so called. originally, the word felony had a meaning: it denoted all offenses the penalty of which included forfeiture of goods; but subsequent acts of Parliament have declared various offenses to be felonies, without enjoining that penalty, and have taken away the penalty from others, which continue, nevertheless, to be called felonies, insomuch that the acts so called have now no property whatever in common, save that of being unlawful and purnishable. J. S. Mill.
FELONY; TO COMPOUND A FELONY
To compound a felony
Defn: . See under Compound, v. t.
FELSITE
Fel"site, n. Etym: [Cf. Feldspar.] (Min.)
Defn: A finegrained rock, flintlike in fracture, consisting essentially of orthoclase feldspar with occasional grains of quartz.
FELSITIC
Fel*sit"ic, a.
Defn: relating to, composed of, or containing, felsite.
FELSPAR; FELSPATH
Fel"spar`, Fel"spath`, n. (Min.)
Defn: See Feldspar.
FELSPATHIC
Fel*spath"ic, a.