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well, 'breaking and entering' in the US requires that something (i.e., the door) actually be broken in the process of entering the house...otherwise that charge

by ColanR 9y ago

well, 'breaking and entering' in the US requires that something (i.e., the door) actually be broken in the process of entering the house...otherwise that charge doesn't apply.

wccrawford 9y ago
"Breaking" doesn't mean that, here. http://dictionary.law.com/Default.aspx?selected=98 http://dictionary.law.com/Default.aspx?selected=98
buttcoinslol 9y ago
Fun aside: breaking and entering is referred to as such in English Common Law because criminals used to bust through the wattle and daub walls to break in, thus housebreaking, or breaking and entering. [1] [1] https://books.google.com/books?id=77y2AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA229&lpg=PA229#v=onepage&q&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=77y2AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA229&lpg=...
- posterboy 9y ago
  The more you know!