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Death penalty
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Death penaltyThe judicially ordered execution of a prisoner as a punishment for a serious crime, often called a capital offense or a capital crime.
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Execution
1) Contracts. The accomplishment of a thing; as the execution of a bond and warrant of attorney, which is the signing, sealing, and delivery of the same. 2) Criminal law. The putting a convict to death, agreeably to law, in pursuance of his sentence.
Prisoner
One held in confinement against his will.
Punishment
Criminal law. Some pain or penalty warranted by law, inflicted on a person, for the commission of a crime or misdemeanor, or for the omission of the performance of an act required by law, by the judgment and command of some lawful court.
Crime
An act or omission which is prohibited by criminal law. Each state sets out a limited series of acts (crimes) which are prohibited and punishes the commission of these acts by a fine, imprisonment or some other form of punishment. In exceptional cases, an omission to act can constitute a crime, such as failing to give assistance to a person in peril or failing to report a case of child abuse.
Capital
1) Political economy, commerce. In political economy, it is that portion of the produce of a country, which may be made directly available either to support the human species or to the facilitating of production. 2) In commerce, as applied to individuals, it is those objects, whether consisting of money or other property, which a merchant, trader, or other person adventures in an undertaking, or which he contributes to the common stock of a partnership. 3) It signifies money put out at interest.
Offense
A crime; any act which contravenes the criminal law of the state in which it occurs. Spelled "offence" in Commonwealth countries.
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Death
Cessation of life; extinction of political existence.
Death and gore
An adult entertainment concept not related to the legal concept of murder.
Death bed
Scotch law. The incapacity to exercise the power of disposing of one's property after being attacked with a mortal disease.
Death's part
English law. That portion of the personal estate of a deceased man which remained after his wife and children had received their reasonable parts from his estate
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District of Columbia court of justice
A court of justice in the US District of Columbia.
District of Columbia Supreme Court
A Supreme Court in the US District of Columbia (United States of America).
Department of Justice
The United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation) was created in 1870.
Death penalty
Death and gore
An adult entertainment concept not related to the legal concept of murder.
Den Haag
Dutch for "The Hague", a Dutch city where the International Court of Justice is based.
District of Columbia State Prison
A State Prison belonging to the US District of Columbia.
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Execution
1) Contracts. The accomplishment of a thing; as the execution of a bond and warrant of attorney, which is the signing, sealing, and delivery of the same. 2) Criminal law. The putting a convict to death, agreeably to law, in pursuance of his sentence.
Prisoner
One held in confinement against his will.
Punishment
Criminal law. Some pain or penalty warranted by law, inflicted on a person, for the commission of a crime or misdemeanor, or for the omission of the performance of an act required by law, by the judgment and command of some lawful court.
Crime
An act or omission which is prohibited by criminal law. Each state sets out a limited series of acts (crimes) which are prohibited and punishes the commission of these acts by a fine, imprisonment or some other form of punishment. In exceptional cases, an omission to act can constitute a crime, such as failing to give assistance to a person in peril or failing to report a case of child abuse.
Capital
1) Political economy, commerce. In political economy, it is that portion of the produce of a country, which may be made directly available either to support the human species or to the facilitating of production. 2) In commerce, as applied to individuals, it is those objects, whether consisting of money or other property, which a merchant, trader, or other person adventures in an undertaking, or which he contributes to the common stock of a partnership. 3) It signifies money put out at interest.
Offense
A crime; any act which contravenes the criminal law of the state in which it occurs. Spelled "offence" in Commonwealth countries.
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Death
Cessation of life; extinction of political existence.
Death and gore
An adult entertainment concept not related to the legal concept of murder.
Death bed
Scotch law. The incapacity to exercise the power of disposing of one's property after being attacked with a mortal disease.
Death's part
English law. That portion of the personal estate of a deceased man which remained after his wife and children had received their reasonable parts from his estate
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District of Columbia court of justice
A court of justice in the US District of Columbia.
District of Columbia Supreme Court
A Supreme Court in the US District of Columbia (United States of America).
Department of Justice
The United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation) was created in 1870.
Death penalty
Death and gore
An adult entertainment concept not related to the legal concept of murder.
Den Haag
Dutch for "The Hague", a Dutch city where the International Court of Justice is based.
District of Columbia State Prison
A State Prison belonging to the US District of Columbia.
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