Penal

  • 41penal — adj. Penal is used with these nouns: ↑code, ↑colony, ↑institution, ↑reform, ↑sanction, ↑settlement, ↑system …

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  • 42Penal — Original name in latin Peal Name in other language Penal Village, Peal Village State code TT Continent/City America/Port of Spain longitude 10.16667 latitude 61.46667 altitude 8 Population 12281 Date 2010 09 01 …

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  • 43penal — pe|nal <aus fr. pénal »Straf , Kriminal , strafrechtlich«, dies aus spätlat. penalis, lat. poenalis »zur Strafe gehörig« zu poena »Strafe«> (veraltet) strafend, das Strafrecht betreffend …

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  • 44penal — adjective 1》 relating to or prescribing the punishment of offenders under the legal system.     ↘(of an act or offence) punishable by law. 2》 (especially of taxation or interest rates) extremely severe. Derivatives penally adverb Origin ME: from… …

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  • 45penal — Penalti. A favor de la palabra española está el hecho de que un penal es también una cárcel. A favor de la palabra argentina está el hecho de que es difícil imaginar una situación en que ambos significados se confundan …

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  • 46PÉNAL (DROIT) — Que le droit pénal serve à punir, nul n’en doute. La peine est d’abord vengeance privée: tolérée dans l’ancienne Égypte, à Athènes, à Rome sous l’espèce d’un caractère collectif, légalement organisée (l’abandon noxal à Rome, le wergeld… …

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  • 47Penal Laws — • Treats of the penal legislation affecting Catholics in English speaking countries since the Reformation. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Penal Laws     Penal Laws      …

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  • 48Penal military unit — Penal battalions, penal companies, etc., are military units consisting of convicted persons for which military service was either the assigned punishment or a voluntary replacement of imprisonment.Nazi Germany See Afrika Brigade 999 (also… …

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  • 49Penal substitution — is a theory of the atonement within Christian theology, especially associated with the Reformed tradition. It argues that Christ, by his own sacrificial choice, was punished (penalised) in the place of sinners (substitution), thus satisfying the… …

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  • 50Penal action — Penal Pe nal, a. [L. poenalis, fr. poena punishment: cf. F. p[ e]nal. See {Pain}.] Of or pertaining to punishment, to penalties, or to crimes and offenses; pertaining to criminal jurisprudence: as: (a) Enacting or threatening punishment; as, a… …

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