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LUCRI CAUSA.

Legal Term: LUCRI CAUSA.
Definition: This is a Latin expression, which signifies that the thing to which it applies is done for the sake of gain.

2. It was supposed that when a larceny was committed the taking should have been lucri causa; but it has been considered that it is not necessary the taking should be lucri causa, if it be fraudulenter, with intent to wholly deprive the owner of the property. Russ. & Ry. 292; 2 RUSS.on Cr. 92. 1 Car. & K. 532. Vide Inst. lib. 4, t. 1, s. 1.





***All definitions are taken from the 1856 Edition of Bouviers Law Dictionary

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