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Penal
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PenalThat which may be punished; that which inflicts a punishment.
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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.
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Penal jurisdiction convention
The International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to Penal Jurisdiction in Matters of Collision or Other Incidents of Navigation, adopted at Brussels on May 10, 1952 and in force as of November 20, 1955.
Penal law
One which inflicts a penalty for a violation of its enactment
Penal statutes
Those which inflict a penalty for the violation of some of their provisions.
Penalty
Contracts. A clause in an agreement, by which the obligor agrees to pay a certain-sum of money, if he shall fail to fulfil the contract contained in another clause of the same agreement.
Penance
Ecclesiastical law. An ecclesiastical punishment, inflicted by an ecclesiastical court, for some spiritual offence.
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Peer
1) Equal. A man's peers are his equals. A man is to be tried by his peers. 2) In England and some other countries, this is a title of nobility; as, peers of the realm. 3) In the United States, this equality is not so much political as civil. A man who is not a citizen, is nevertheless to be tried by citizens.
Peeress
A noblewoman, the wife of a peer.
Peine forte et dure
English law A punishment formerly inflicted in England, on a person who, being arraigned of felony, refused to plead and put himself on his trial, and stubbornly stood mute. He was to be laid down and as much weight was to be put upon him as he could bear, and more, until he died.
Peltwool
The wool pulled off the skin or pelt of a dead ram.
Pen register
An electronic surveillance device which attaches to a phone line and which registers every number dialed from a specific telephone. This surveillance device is not as effective as wire-tapping.
Penal
Penal jurisdiction convention
The International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to Penal Jurisdiction in Matters of Collision or Other Incidents of Navigation, adopted at Brussels on May 10, 1952 and in force as of November 20, 1955.
Penal law
One which inflicts a penalty for a violation of its enactment
Penal statutes
Those which inflict a penalty for the violation of some of their provisions.
Penalty
Contracts. A clause in an agreement, by which the obligor agrees to pay a certain-sum of money, if he shall fail to fulfil the contract contained in another clause of the same agreement.
Penance
Ecclesiastical law. An ecclesiastical punishment, inflicted by an ecclesiastical court, for some spiritual offence.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
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.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Penal jurisdiction convention
The International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to Penal Jurisdiction in Matters of Collision or Other Incidents of Navigation, adopted at Brussels on May 10, 1952 and in force as of November 20, 1955.
Penal law
One which inflicts a penalty for a violation of its enactment
Penal statutes
Those which inflict a penalty for the violation of some of their provisions.
Penalty
Contracts. A clause in an agreement, by which the obligor agrees to pay a certain-sum of money, if he shall fail to fulfil the contract contained in another clause of the same agreement.
Penance
Ecclesiastical law. An ecclesiastical punishment, inflicted by an ecclesiastical court, for some spiritual offence.
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Peer
1) Equal. A man's peers are his equals. A man is to be tried by his peers. 2) In England and some other countries, this is a title of nobility; as, peers of the realm. 3) In the United States, this equality is not so much political as civil. A man who is not a citizen, is nevertheless to be tried by citizens.
Peeress
A noblewoman, the wife of a peer.
Peine forte et dure
English law A punishment formerly inflicted in England, on a person who, being arraigned of felony, refused to plead and put himself on his trial, and stubbornly stood mute. He was to be laid down and as much weight was to be put upon him as he could bear, and more, until he died.
Peltwool
The wool pulled off the skin or pelt of a dead ram.
Pen register
An electronic surveillance device which attaches to a phone line and which registers every number dialed from a specific telephone. This surveillance device is not as effective as wire-tapping.
Penal
Penal jurisdiction convention
The International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to Penal Jurisdiction in Matters of Collision or Other Incidents of Navigation, adopted at Brussels on May 10, 1952 and in force as of November 20, 1955.
Penal law
One which inflicts a penalty for a violation of its enactment
Penal statutes
Those which inflict a penalty for the violation of some of their provisions.
Penalty
Contracts. A clause in an agreement, by which the obligor agrees to pay a certain-sum of money, if he shall fail to fulfil the contract contained in another clause of the same agreement.
Penance
Ecclesiastical law. An ecclesiastical punishment, inflicted by an ecclesiastical court, for some spiritual offence.
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