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Working against superior orders, acting defiantly against a united force.

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Little Acts of Treason was created in 1995.


A sentence with the word treason?

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How can one be convicted of treason?

In law, treason is the crime that covers some of the more serious acts of disloyalty to one's sovereign or nation. Historically, treason also covered the murder of specific social superiors, such as the murder of a husband by his wife (treason against the king was known as high treason and treason against a lesser superior was petit treason). The government must present testimony of at least two witnesses to the same treasonous act or secure a confession in open court. http://knowinglaw.blogspot.com/


What sort of action is considered treason?

Aiding a nation's declared enemy (especially during wartime), rebellion, insurrection, advocating overthrow of a [legal] government, and misprision of treason (e.g., failure to report treason) are typical examples of acts of treason. You may want to check the actual wording of law on the subject in the U.S.C.A. Title 18 (Crimes), Chapter 115.


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