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pe·nal /'pēn-əl/ adj1: of, relating to, or being punishmentpenal sanctions2: making one (as an offender) punishablea penal offense; also: criminal (2)3: used as a place of confinement and punishmenta penal institution
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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castigatory, containing a penalty, corrective, disciplinary, enacting punishment, inflictive, mulctuary, poenalis, prohibiting, punishing, punitive, punitory, relating to a penalty, retaliatory, retributive
associated concepts: penal action, penal bond, penal law, penal ordinances, penal statute
foreign phrases:
- In haeredes non solent transire actiones quae poenales ex maleficio sunt. — Actions which are penal and which arise out of anything of criminal nature do not pass to the heirsII index disciplinary (punitory), punitive
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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adj.Related to punishment or penalties.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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Relating to crime, as in "penal code" (the laws specifying crimes and punishment) or "penal institution" (a state prison or penitentiary confining convicted felons).Category: Criminal LawCategory: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits
Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009.
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Punishable; inflicting a punishment.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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Punishable; inflicting a punishment.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
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adj.referring to criminality, as in defining "penal code" (the laws specifying crimes and punishment), or "penal institution" (a state prison or penitentiary confining convicted felons).
Law dictionary. EdwART. 2013.