Search Result for "petit larceny":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale);
[syn: petit larceny, petty larceny, petty]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Petit \Pet"it\ (p[e^]t"[y^]; F. pe*t[-e]"), a. [F. See Petty.] Small; little; insignificant; mean; -- Same as Petty. [Obs., except in legal language.] [1913 Webster] By what small, petit hints does the mind catch hold of and recover a vanishing notion. --South. [1913 Webster] Petit constable, an inferior civil officer, subordinate to the high constable. Petit jury, a jury of twelve men, impaneled to try causes at the bar of a court; -- so called in distinction from the grand jury. Petit larceny, the stealing of goods of, or under, a certain specified small value; -- opposed to grand larceny. The distinction is abolished in England. Petit ma[^i]tre. [F., lit., little master.] A fop; a coxcomb; a ladies' man. --Goldsmith. Petit serjeanty (Eng. Law), the tenure of lands of the crown, by the service of rendering annually some implement of war, as a bow, an arrow, a sword, a flag, etc. Petit treason, formerly, in England, the crime of killing a person to whom the offender owed duty or subjection, as one's husband, master, mistress, etc. The crime is now not distinguished from murder. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

petit larceny n 1: larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale) [syn: petit larceny, petty larceny, petty] [ant: grand larceny, grand theft]