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Misdemeanor: a crime of lesser gravity than a felony, punishable by a fine and/or imprisonment in a county jail (Chegg)

Cooperation among units dealing with organised crime, illegal trade in natural resources, supervision of financial restrictions, violations of international sanctions, and trade or travel bans can enable national authorities to gain information and consequently result in a trial for a crime of lesser gravity in which evidence available to the prosecution authorities would not sufficiently support a conviction for involvement in core international crimes, but clearly indicates the commission of other crimes in connection with core international crimes (e.g. handling the proceeds of crime or money laundering). (website of the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation)

The Supreme Reich Court concerning the only reason of excuse which you too had stated as the only reason for an excuse; that the Supreme Reich Court rejected that reason because that excuse was not sufficient to assume a crime of lesser gravity. (Harvard Law School Library Nuremberg Trials Project)

Thus by virtue of carrying lesser minimum and maximum sentences, the assault upon a police officer is a crime of lesser gravity than a battery upon such officer. (casetext)

“I would not kill to get this plant for my garden, but a crime of lesser gravity is not unthinkable.” (Los Angeles Times)

Though the question of altering the conviction from that of a particular offence of lesser gravity to one of greater gravity does not arise in the present case, the said decision has been cited for the purpose of showing the manner in which the provisions of Sections 236 and 237 of the Code of Criminal Procedure should be interpreted and applied. (Bombay High Court, Shamrao Shivram Akhade And Anr. vs State Of Maharashtra on 28 September, 1972)

I should add that the Clause is one which creates an offence of lesser gravity than that created by the previous Clause, which contemplated a situation in which the conduct was more reprehensible, in that it was armed trespass in a building. (parliament.uk)

For the first time, the publication includes results demonstrating proportionality in sentencing at individual offence level, where judges punish offenders that commit crimes that are more serious with appropriate custodial sentences, and punish those that commit an offence of lesser gravity in a proportionate way to more serious offences. (Sentencing Council, Crown Court Sentencing Survey)

Here the court did not give instructions designed to include offenses, defining the degree of negligence or degree of proof necessary for the conviction of any offense of lesser gravity than that required for the conviction of the higher offense charged. (casetext)

A misdemeanor (American English, spelled misdemeanour elsewhere) refers to a low-level criminal act or violation of law in various countries around the world, particularly in the United States. Misdemeanors are generally punished less severely than felonies, but theoretically more so than administrative infractions (also known as minor, petty, or summary offences) and regulatory offences. Misdemeanor convictions typically result in small monetary fines, community service, or less than a year of imprisonment. (Wikipedia)