Attempt
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Attempt
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Meanings, Synonyms, Etymology, Translations and More
Meaning of Attempt
An endeavour or effort to commit a crime. Mere preparation for or the intention to commit the crime does not constitute attempt. The term indicates that the culprit had actually commenced the transaction which, if uninterrupted, would have proceeded to its completion, and when completed would have been an offense. See state v Stewart, 537 S. W.2d 579. In civil and matters other than criminal , the term indicates the endeavour to do an act that falls short of full execution.
Attempt Alternative Definition
In criminal law. An endeavor to accomplish a crime carried beyond mere preparation for it, but falling short of the ultimate design. 5 Cush. (Mass.) 367. The elements are (1) intent to commit a crime; (2) an affirmative act in pursuance of that intent, but falling short of the crime intended. 1 Bish. Crim. Law, § 510. Such act need not be "the last proximate act to the consummation of the crime in contemplation, but it is sufficient if it be an act apparently adapted to produce the result intended. It must be more than mere preparation." 86 Va. 382.
Synonyms of Attempt
verb
aim at
assay
be at work
be in action
bid for
carry on
conari
do one's best
do the needful
drive at
employ oneself
endeavor
essay
exert oneself
go after
go all out for
intend
labor for
make a bid
make a try
make an effort at
make the effort
ply one's task
pursue
put to
strive
take on
temptare
test
try
try hard
try one's best
undertake
use one's best endeavors
venture
Associated Concepts: attempt to commit a crime
attempt to defraud
attempt to prove
conspiracy
failure of intended act
preparatory acts
renunciation FOREIGN PHRASES: Affectus punitur licet non sequatur effectus
The intention is punished although the intended result does not follow
Non officit conatus nisi sequatur effectus
An attempt does not harm unless a consequence follows
In maleficiis voluntas spectatur
non exitus
In criminal offenses
the intention and not the result must be regarded
Officit conatus si effectus sequatur
The attempt becomes of consequence
if the effect follows
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Assault and Battery; Conspiracy; Solicitation.
Further Reading
American Law Institute. Model Penal Code: Proposed Official Draft. Philadelphia: ALI, 1962.
. Model Penal Code: Tenative Draft No. 10. Philadelphia: ALI, 1960.
Ben-Shahar, Omri, and Harel, Alon. "The Economics of the Law of Criminal Attempts: A Victim-centered Perspective." University of Pennsylvania Law Review 145 (1996): 299-351.
Becker, Lawrence C. "Criminal Attempt and the Theory of the Law of Crimes." Philosophy and Public Affairs 3 (1974): 262-294.
Comment. "Why Do Criminal Attempts Fail?: A New Defense." Yale Law Journal 70 (1960): 160-169.
Davis, Michael. "Why Attempts Deserve Less Punishment than Complete Crimes." L. & Phil. 5 (1986): 1-32.
Duff, R. Anthony. Criminal Attempts. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.
Hall, Jerome. General Principles of Criminal Law. 2d ed. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1960.
Kadish, Sanford H., and Schulhofer, Stephen. Criminal Law and Its Processes: Cases and Materials. 6th ed. Boston: Little, Brown, 1995.
Meehan, Eugene R. "The Trying Problem of Criminal Attempt: Historical Perspectives." University of British Columbia Law Review 14 (1979): 137-161.
Michael, Jerome, and Wechsler, Herbert. "A Rationale of the Law of Homicide." Columbia Law Review 37 (1937): 701-761, 1261-1325.
Perkins, Rollin M. "Criminal Attempt and Related Problems." UCLA Law Review 2 (1955): 319-355.
Rotenberg, Daniel L. "Withdrawal as a Defense to Relational Crimes." Wisconsin Law Review (1962): 596-607.
Sayre, Francis B. "Criminal Attempts." Harvard Law Review 41 (1928): 821-859.
Schulhofer, Stephen J. "Harm and Punishment: A Critique of Emphasis on the Results of Conduct in the Criminal Law." University of Pennsylvania Law Review 122 (1974): 1497-1607.
Shavell, Steven. "Deterrence and the Punishment of Attempts." J. Leg. Stud. 19 (1990): 435-466.
Williams, Glanville. Criminal Law: The General Part. 2d ed. London: Stevens, 1961.
Attempt in Law Enforcement
Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of attempt.
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Law Enforcement Officer
Police Officer
Law Enforcement Agency
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English Legal System: Attempt
In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Attempt:
(in criminal law)
Any act that is more than merely preparatory to the intended commission of a crime; this act is itself a crime. For example, shooting at someone but missing could be attempted murder, but merely buying a revolver would not. One may be guilty of attempting to commit a crime that proves impossible to commit (e.g. attempted theft from an empty handbag).
Attempt
Meaning of Attempt
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DANGEROUS-PROXIMITY TEST
INDISPENSABLE-ELEMENT TEST
LAST-PROXIMATE- ACT TEST
PHYSICAL-PROXIMITY TEST
PREPARATION
PROBABLE-DESISTANCE TEST
RES IPSA LOQUITUR TEST
PREPARATION
SUBSTANTIAL-STEP TEST
Conspiracy Solicitation
Criminal Law