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The distinction between a felony and misdemeanour has been abolished by some common law jurisdictions (e.g. Crimes Act 1958 (Vic., Australia) s. 332B(1), Crimes Act 1900 (NSW., Australia) s. 580E(1)); other jurisdictions maintain the distinction, notably those of the USThe United States of America also referred to as the United States U. America ¹ or the States is a federal republic in central North America, stretching from the Atlantic in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It shares land borders with Canada in. Those jurisdictions which have abolished the distinction generally adopt some other classification, e.g. in New South WalesNew South Wales NSW is Australia's most populous and oldest state, located in the southeast, north of Victoria. It was founded in 1788 and originally comprised much of the Australian mainland. During the 19th century large areas were successively separate, AustraliaAustralia is the sixth-largest country in the world (geographically), the only one to occupy an entire continent, and the largest in the region of Australasia. Australia includes the island of Tasmania, which is an Australian State. Its neighbouring count, the crimes are divided into summary offenceIn the law of many common law jurisdictions, a summary offence is an offence which can be tried without an indictment. In practice, this often means a trial without a jury, jury trials being reserved for indictable offences. Contrast with indictable offens and indictable offenceIn many common law jurisdictions, an indictable offence is an offence which can only be tried on an indictment. In trials for indictable offences, the accused normally has the right to a jury trial, unless they waive that right. Compare summary offence.s. Many US jurisdictions, which maintain the distinction between a felony and a misdemeanour, divide felonies into classes, e.g. class A felony, class B felony, etc.