01 a. Of or pertaining to punishment, to penalties, or to crimes and offenses; pertaining to criminal jurisprudence
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Of or pertaining to punishment, to penalties, or to crimes and offenses; pertaining to criminal jurisprudence
Phrases & compounds
Penal code —
a code of laws concerning crimes and offenses and their punishment.
Penal laws —
laws prohibiting certain acts, and imposing penalties for committing them.
Penal servitude —
imprisonment with hard labor, in a prison, in lieu of transportation.
Penal suit —
a suit for penalties.