Tag: punishment

  • Correction

    (Change), nounadjustment alteration amelioration amending amendment betterment correctio curative cure emendatio emendation improved version improvement melioration <…

  • Correction

    (Change), nounadjustment alteration amelioration amending amendment betterment correctio curative cure emendatio emendation improved version improvement melioration <…

  • Question

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Question Meaning of Question An interrogatory, an inquiry. A point at issue between parties ; a subject of investigation or debate. Question Alternative […]

  • Tumbrel

    An instrument of punishment made use of by the Saxons, chiefly for the correction of scolding women by ducking them in water, consisting of a stool or chair fixed to the end of a long pole. …

  • Mulct

    (Defraud), verbcheat deceive embezzle fudge peculate practice fraud sharp steal swindle trick (Fine), verbamerce deprive distrain exact a fine<…

  • Amber's Law

    Meaning of Amber’s Law Resources See Also Amber Alert Sentencing Punishment

  • House Of Refuge

    A prison for juvenile delinquents. …

  • Whipping

    A form of punishment that is no longer permitted by law in the United States. See 18 U.S.C.§3564.

  • Whipping

    A form of punishment that is no longer permitted by law in the United States. See 18 U.S.C.§3564.

  • Allocution

    See alsoThe requirement that a trial judge ask a defendant to show legal… (Read more)…

  • Allocution

    See alsoThe requirement that a trial judge ask a defendant to show legal… (Read more)…

  • Hard Labor

    A phrase used in sentencing to confinement in institutions where labor is required of convicts. The word hard is surplusage. 29 Pa. St. 448. …

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    To Cashier

  • 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. […]