penal law
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpenalandlaw
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penal
adjective
uk/ˈpiː.nəl/us/ˈpiː.nəl/
of or relating to punishment given ...
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law
noun
uk/lɔː/us/lɑː/
a rule, usually made by a government, that is used to order the way in which a ...
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(Definition ofpenalandlawfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In fact, both scholars seem to have based their theories mostly onpenallaw.
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In a democracy, militarypenallawshould be of a 'corrective', rather than 'disciplinary' nature.
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The work under review constitutes the first book-length study of the multifarious notions of intent, navigating the spheres of ritual, contract, marriage, divorce, inheritance, andpenallaw.
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It is not even being granted retrospectively to the innocent victim of apenallaw.
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This is one of the most complex issues inpenallaw.
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Similarly, also there must bepenallawand penalties, and severe ones where necessary.
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Why bring apenallawinto this field of activity if it is never intended to use it?
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The proposition contained in subection (4) is in conflict with the whole spirit of ourpenallaw.
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Revenge has no place in ourpenallaw.
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Of course that has, and must have, a considerable, indeed a predominating, influence upon the whole field ofpenallaw.
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She wants thepenallawchanged, as do we.
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But at every stage of the improvement in ourpenallawthe same fears have had to be faced and the same risks run.
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I quite agree that, as ourpenallawis at the present time, we cannot have a criminal directly paying the damages.
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I think that here we have struck what is possibly a fundamental fact in ourpenallaw, and that law can be stated quite simply.
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Nor are we here concerned with retrospectivity in the wide general area ofpenallaw.
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That is recognised in relation topenallawby all penologists.
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Today we are at the state of preparing the new proposal for a directive on environmental protection throughpenallaw.
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Here we are talking aboutpenallaw, the criminal law.
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If you propose to prohibit it, pass apenallawand put it down.
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I turn now briefly to my third theme; namely, sentencing policy, thepenallaw.
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