Act involving moral turpitude definition

Act involving moral turpitude means an act or behavior that gravely violates moral sentiment or accepted moral standards of the community and is a morally culpable quality held to be present in some criminal offenses as distinguished from others.
Act involving moral turpitude means conduct which:

Related to Act involving moral turpitude

  • Crime means a misdemeanor or a felony.

  • Violent juvenile felony means any of the delinquent acts enumerated in subsection B or C of

  • Conviction means a finding of guilt (including a plea of nolo contendere) or imposition of sentence, or both, by any judicial body charged with the responsibility to determine violations of the Federal or State criminal drug statutes.

  • Corporal punishment means hitting, spanking, swatting, beating, shaking, pinching, excessive exercise, exposure to extreme temperatures, and other measures that produce physical pain.

  • Abused or neglected child means any child: