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Merged causes

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-003228

The legal principle where a lesser offense is absorbed into a greater offense when both arise from the same act. This prevents a defendant from being punished twice for the same conduct. For example, assault may merge into battery if the assault directly leads to the battery.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-003228
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-003228",
  "term": "Merged causes",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "The legal principle where a lesser offense is absorbed into a greater offense when both arise from the same act. This prevents a defendant from being punished twice for the same conduct. For example, assault may merge into battery if the assault directly leads to the battery.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/merged-causes/"
}

Record 3,196 of 5,445 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.