Misprision
in law, every such high offense as is under the degree of capital, but nearly bordering thereon. Mis prisions are either negative, which consist in the concealment of something which consist in the commission of somewhich ought to be revealed which ought to be revealed; or positive, thing which ought not to be done. Of the first or negative kind, is "misprision of treason," consisting in the bare knowledge and concealment of treason, without any degree of assent thereto, for any assent makes the party a traitor. "Misprision of felony" is also the concealment of a felony which a man knows, but never assented to, for if he assented, this makes him either principal or accessory.