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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CRIMEN INJURIA

L, lit.: crime or insult.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CRIMEN INJURIA

crimen injuria  [ˈkraɪmən ɪnˈdʒʊərɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CRIMEN INJURIA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Crimen injuria is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CRIMEN INJURIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Crimen injuria

Crimen injuria is a crime under South African common law, defined to be the act of "unlawfully, intentionally and seriously impairing the dignity of another." Although difficult to precisely define, the crime is used in the prosecution of certain instances of road rage, stalking, racially offensive language, emotional or psychological abuse and sexual offences against children. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission heard numerous cases of crimen injuria, usually coupled with assault, committed by intelligence services on both sides of the struggle against apartheid.

Definition of crimen injuria in the English dictionary

The definition of crimen injuria in the dictionary is an action that injures the dignity of another person, esp use of racially offensive language.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CRIMEN INJURIA


aciduria
ˌæsɪdˈjʊərɪə
albuminuria
ælˌbjuːmɪˈnjʊərɪə
bacteriuria
bækˌtɪərɪˈjʊərɪə
courier
ˈkʊərɪə
curia
ˈkjʊərɪə
dysuria
dɪsˈjʊərɪə
Etruria
ɪˈtrʊərɪə
glucosuria
ˌɡluːkəʊˈsjʊərɪə
glycosuria
ˌɡlaɪkəʊˈsjʊərɪə
haematuria
ˌhiːməˈtjʊərɪə
hematuria
ˌhiːməˈtjʊərɪə
Liguria
lɪˈɡjʊərɪə
Luria
ˈlʊərɪə
Manchuria
mænˈtʃʊərɪə
Masuria
məˈsjʊərɪə
phenylketonuria
ˌfiːnaɪlˌkiːtəˈnjʊərɪə
proteinuria
ˌprəʊtɪˈnjʊərɪə
pyuria
paɪˈjʊərɪə
thiourea
ˌθaɪəʊˈjʊərɪə
urea
ˈjʊərɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CRIMEN INJURIA

crime of passion
crime passionnel
crime prevention
crime prevention officer
crime scene
crime sheet
crime spree
Crime Squad
crime wave
crime writer
crime-buster
crime-fighting
Crimea
Crimean
Crimean War
crimeful
crimeless
crimen
crimes passionnels
crimewave

WORDS THAT END LIKE CRIMEN INJURIA

acetonuria
aminoaciduria
anuria
azoturia
bacilluria
bacteruria
chyluria
decuria
haemoglobinuria
hemoglobinuria
Isauria
ischuria
isosthenuria
ketonuria
lipuria
melanuria
nocturia
phosphaturia
planuria
polyuria

Synonyms and antonyms of crimen injuria in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «crimen injuria» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CRIMEN INJURIA

Find out the translation of crimen injuria to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of crimen injuria from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «crimen injuria» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

伤害罪
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

crimen injuria
570 millions of speakers

English

crimen injuria
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

crimen injuria
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

لا جريمة مضاره
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Crimen injuria
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

crimen injuria
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অপরাধমূলক ইনজুরিয়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

crimen injuria
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Crimen injuria
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

crimen injuria
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

crimenの権利侵害
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

crimen 의 injuria
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Crimen injuria
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Crimen injuria
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குற்றவாளி குற்றம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गुन्हेगारी इंजेरुआ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ceza yaralanması
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Crimen injuria
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

crimen injuria
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Crimen injuria
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

crimen înjuria
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

crimen injuria
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

crimen injuria
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

crimen injuria
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

crimen injuria
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of crimen injuria

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CRIMEN INJURIA»

The term «crimen injuria» is used very little and occupies the 182.545 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CRIMEN INJURIA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «crimen injuria» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «crimen injuria» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about crimen injuria

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CRIMEN INJURIA»

Discover the use of crimen injuria in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to crimen injuria and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Spatialities of Urban Change: Selected Themes from ...
... of reported crime: 18 June – 21 September 2005 Westdene Heuwelsig Willows Theft Theft out of cars Business burglaries Physical attacks Cartheft Vandalism Residential burglaries Armed robberies Rape Fraud Crimen injuria Hijackings 40  ...
Lochner Marais, 2008
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Her Law: Making the Law Work for You
The victim may lay a charge for a crime committed against his or her personal rights, or the crime of crimen injuria. In a civil action on the grounds of crimen injuria, you claim a sum of money as the perpetrator's behaviour caused you harm.
Marilize Nagtegaal, Jackie Nagtegaal, Vera Nagtegaal, 2007
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Criminal Law in Cameroon: Specific Offences
An injuria committed against another's dignity was punishable as crimen injuria, and, against another's reputation, as criminal defamation. Causing someone to fear physical violence was punishable as injuria realis, while actual physical ...
Carlson Anyangwe, 2011
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A Complete Collection of State-trials and Proceedings for ...
... prœfumitur, aliquid dixisse ad injuriam Parties interested, and of the Law : Volenti non fit Cbristi, quanto minus debet prafumi crimen injuria injuria, fcf injuria disfimulatione aboletur si quis de- in fubdito contra fuum dominum? Idem ibid. num.
Sollom Emlyn, 1742
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Drama and the South African State
In determining whether the writing of a letter constitutes crimen injuria one cannot lose sight of the fact that it was written by the accused to a person who was a total stranger to him and, that between them, there was not only a social barrier, but ...
Martin Orkin, 1991
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Medical Emergencies at Sea
Breaking confidentiality The confidentiality and dignity of the casualty and of his or her body is protected by statutory law against crimen injuria. Crimen injuria is the unlawful and intentional serious impairment of the dignity of another person or ...
E. V. Schultz, 2001
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A Complete Collection Of State-Trials And Proceedings For ...
... are not challeng'd by the quid dixijse ad injuriam Cbristi, quanto minus debet Parties interested, and of the Law : Volenti non fit presumi crimen injuria in subdito contra suum domi- injuria, £sf injuria diffimulatione aboletur si quis deli- num?
‎1730
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An Encyclopedia of Swearing: The Social History of Oaths, ...
A special category in South African law is that of crimen injuria. This is defined as an unlawful action intentionally injuring the dignity of another person, and is most commonly invoked for cases of swearing, especially for using highly offensive ...
Geoffrey Hughes, 2006
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National legal manual for counsellors of raped and battered ...
2.4 Unlawfulness Crimen injuria will generally always be unlawful. However, even though on the face of it the impairment of another person's dignitas is unlawful, the accused can try to show that the unlawfulness element is absent in that his ...
Joanne Fedler, Angelo Pantazis, Beth Goldblatt, 1999
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Nursing and the Law
In the cases of murder, assault and crimen injuria, it must be proved that the nurse acted with malicious intent, that is, that she was aware that the deed was wrong but nevertheless chose to do it. In culpable homicide, it must be proved that the ...
Teuns Verschoor, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CRIMEN INJURIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term crimen injuria is used in the context of the following news items.
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UFS to oppose claims
They were found not guilty by the Bloemfontein Regional Court last year on charges of reckless driving, crimen injuria, attempted murder and ... «News24, Jul 15»
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In South Africa: White UFS students accused of assaulting black …
But the Bloemfontein Regional Court had found both not guilty of the charges of reckless driving, crimen injuria, attempted murder, and assault ... «Pulse Nigeria, Jul 15»
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MAN FINED E200 FOR MAKING FUN OF HIV POSITIVE WOMAN
Magongo (47) of Mpolonjeni near Siteki was found guilty of crimen injuria in that he uttered unpalatable words to an HIV positive woman (name ... «Times of Swaziland, Jul 15»
4
R6m lawsuit 'to teach UFS a lesson'
Muller faced charges of reckless driving, crimen injuria, attempted murder and assault, while Blom faced a charge of assault. They were ... «Independent Online, Jul 15»
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Southern Africa: 'Haai, I Don't Have Time for Feelings' - Mcebo Dlamini
... "good for nothing" and "uncircumcised in the heart", Dlamini is now facing charges of hate speech, inciting of violence and crimen injuria from ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
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UCT student transformation leader quits amid homophobia row
Former Wits Students' Representative Council president and Hitler admirer Mcebo Dlamini‚ meanwhile‚ is now facing a charge of crimen injuria ... «Johannesburg Sunday World, Jun 15»
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Man guilty of culpable homicide for killing marine at Sharks match
They had each faced a charge of murder, three of assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm, one of crimen injuria and one of public ... «News24, Jun 15»
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Hitler admirer charged
Gauteng police spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Lungelo Dlamini said that a case of crimen injuria has been opened. Asked about the charges, ... «Times LIVE, Jun 15»
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Drunk man 'adjourns' trial
... attempted murder and kidnapping while Watson has also been charged with crimen injuria for allegedly directing racial remarks at Daniels. «Independent Online, Jun 15»
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Jail time for K-word man
He was found guilty of assault and crimen injuria and given two years' correctional supervision, during which he was expected to do 70 hours ... «Independent Online, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Crimen injuria [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/crimen-injuria>. Apr 2024 ».
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