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  • Punishment

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Punishment Meaning of Punishment The penalty for transgressing the law. Punishment Alternative Definition In criminal law. Some pain or penalty warranted […]

  • Penalty

    Penalty

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Penalty Meaning of Penalty A punishment . Suffering in person or property as a punishment annexed by law or judicial decision to a violation of law. Also a definite sum named in a contract , not as a […]

  • Fine

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Fine Meaning of Fine In criminal law, the term denotes one form of punishment imposed whereby the offender is ordered to pay a certain sum o: money . It is a pecuniary penalty and may include forfeiture […]

  • Justice

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Justice Meaning of Justice The constant and perpetual disposition to render every man his due. Inst. bk. 1, tit. 1; 2 Inst. 56. The conformJUSTICE ity of our actions and our will to the law. TouUier, Dr. […]

  • Forfeiture

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Forfeiture Meaning of Forfeiture Denotes the loss of some right , property , benefit or privilege by a person as a result of having Committed a crime or breached some legal obligation imposed on him. […]

  • Forfeiture

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Forfeiture Meaning of Forfeiture Denotes the loss of some right , property , benefit or privilege by a person as a result of having Committed a crime or breached some legal obligation imposed on him. […]

  • Sanction

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Sanction Meaning of Sanction To concur , confirm, consent to, assent , ratify. A penalty or punishment provided as a means of enforcing obedience to a law. […]

  • Nothing Works

    Definition of Nothing Works The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Nothing Works: In 1974 authors D. Lipton, Robert Martinson and J. Wilks, using ‘meta-analysis’, assessed all the evaluations of criminal rehabilitation programs between 1945 and […]

  • Revenge

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Revenge Meaning of Revenge Synonyms of Revenge noun avengement counterblast counterstroke desert feud implacability nemesis punishment punitive […]

  • Condemnation

    Sometimes used to indicate proceedingsj for taking property by right of ’eminent domain. In Admiralty. The sentence of a competent tribunal which declares a ship unfit for service. This sentence may be re-examined and litigated by the parties interested in disputing it. 5 Esp. 65 ; […]