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Punishment of death
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Punishment of deathThe deliberate killing, according to the forms of law,, of a person who has been lawfully convicted of certain crimes
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Person
This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.
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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.
Punitive damages
Damages awarded in addition to normal damages for bad faith or excessively improper acts of the defendant in contract or tort or even during a court action.
Punitive segregation (prison)
Usually a small section within the segregation unit of a higher security prison for prisoners who are confined as a sanction for violating prison rules.
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Puffer
Commerce, contracts. A person employed by the owner of property which is sold at auction to bid it up, who does so accordingly, for the purpose of raising the price upon bona fide bidders.
Puisne
Since born; the younger; as, a puisne judge, is an associate judge
Pump-and-dump
Manipulating stock prices by artificially creating demand through rumor, high pressure sales tactics, or multiple large orders. The price is "pumped" upwards and then when other investors join the trend, the original investors "dump" the stock in a rapid sell-off.
Punctuation
Construction. The act or method of placing points . in a written or printed instrument.
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.
Punishment of death
Punitive damages
Damages awarded in addition to normal damages for bad faith or excessively improper acts of the defendant in contract or tort or even during a court action.
Pupil
Civil law. One who is in his or her minority.
Pupillarity
Civil law. That age of a person's life which included infancy and puerility.
Pur
A corruption of the French word par, by or for. It is frequently used in old French law phrases; as, pur autre vie. It is also used in the composition of words, as purparty, purlieu, purview.
Pur autre vie
Tenures. These old French words signify, for another's life. An estate is said to be pur autre vie, when a lease is made of lands or tenements to a man, to hold for the life of another person
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Person
This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.
SIMILAR 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.
Punitive damages
Damages awarded in addition to normal damages for bad faith or excessively improper acts of the defendant in contract or tort or even during a court action.
Punitive segregation (prison)
Usually a small section within the segregation unit of a higher security prison for prisoners who are confined as a sanction for violating prison rules.
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Puffer
Commerce, contracts. A person employed by the owner of property which is sold at auction to bid it up, who does so accordingly, for the purpose of raising the price upon bona fide bidders.
Puisne
Since born; the younger; as, a puisne judge, is an associate judge
Pump-and-dump
Manipulating stock prices by artificially creating demand through rumor, high pressure sales tactics, or multiple large orders. The price is "pumped" upwards and then when other investors join the trend, the original investors "dump" the stock in a rapid sell-off.
Punctuation
Construction. The act or method of placing points . in a written or printed instrument.
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.
Punishment of death
Punitive damages
Damages awarded in addition to normal damages for bad faith or excessively improper acts of the defendant in contract or tort or even during a court action.
Pupil
Civil law. One who is in his or her minority.
Pupillarity
Civil law. That age of a person's life which included infancy and puerility.
Pur
A corruption of the French word par, by or for. It is frequently used in old French law phrases; as, pur autre vie. It is also used in the composition of words, as purparty, purlieu, purview.
Pur autre vie
Tenures. These old French words signify, for another's life. An estate is said to be pur autre vie, when a lease is made of lands or tenements to a man, to hold for the life of another person
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