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Penal law
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Penal lawOne which inflicts a penalty for a violation of its enactment
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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.
Violation
An act done unlawfully and with force. In the English stat. it is declared to be high treason in any person who shall violate the king's companion; and it is equally high treason in her to suffer willingly such violation. This word has been construed under this statute to mean carnal knowledge.
Enactment
A law or a statute; a document which is published as an enforceable set of written rules is said to be "enacted".
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Penal
That which may be punished; that which inflicts a punishment.
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 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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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
That which may be punished; that which inflicts a punishment.
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
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.
Pencil
An instrument made of plumbago, black lead, red chalk, or other suitable substance, for writing without ink.
Pendente lite
Pending the continuance of an action, while litigation continues.
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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.
Violation
An act done unlawfully and with force. In the English stat. it is declared to be high treason in any person who shall violate the king's companion; and it is equally high treason in her to suffer willingly such violation. This word has been construed under this statute to mean carnal knowledge.
Enactment
A law or a statute; a document which is published as an enforceable set of written rules is said to be "enacted".
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Penal
That which may be punished; that which inflicts a punishment.
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 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.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
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
That which may be punished; that which inflicts a punishment.
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
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.
Pencil
An instrument made of plumbago, black lead, red chalk, or other suitable substance, for writing without ink.
Pendente lite
Pending the continuance of an action, while litigation continues.
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