penal settlement
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penal settlement — noun A settlement peopled by convicts • • • Main Entry: ↑penal … Useful english dictionary
penal settlement — /ˈpinəl sɛtlmənt / (say peenuhl setlmuhnt) noun Australian History a place of punishment for convicts, usually in an isolated area remote from free settlements, as Port Arthur in Tasmania …
Penal colony — Epigraphy in honour of a prisoner in the Australian penal colony of Botany Bay. A penal colony is a settlement used to exile prisoners and separate them from the general populace by placing them in a remote location, often an island or distant… … Wikipedia
penal — /ˈpinəl / (say peenuhl) adjective 1. of or relating to punishment, as for offences or crimes. 2. prescribing punishment: penal laws. 3. constituting punishment: penal servitude. 4. used as a place of punishment: a penal settlement. 5. subject to… …
penal colony — Synonyms and related words: POW camp, bastille, black hole, borstal, borstal institution, bridewell, brig, cell, concentration camp, condemned cell, death cell, death house, death row, detention camp, federal prison, forced labor camp, gaol,… … Moby Thesaurus
Penal Laws — • Treats of the penal legislation affecting Catholics in English speaking countries since the Reformation. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Penal Laws Penal Laws … Catholic encyclopedia
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 penal… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Penal 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Penal code — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Penal laws — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
