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Definition 2024

criminal_code

criminal code

English

Noun

criminal code ‎(plural criminal codes)

(law) A document which compiles all, or a significant amount of, a particular jurisdiction's criminal law.

Synonyms

penal code

Related terms

civil code

Translations

document which compiles a particular jurisdiction's criminal law

Chinese:
Mandarin: 刑事法典 ‎(xíngshìfǎdiǎn)
Finnish: rikoslaki
French: code pénal (fr) m
Greek: ποινικός κώδικας m ‎(poinikós kódikas)
Hungarian: büntető törvénykönyv (hu)
Japanese:

Korean:
Norwegian:

Bokmål: straffelov (no) m

Nynorsk: straffelov f, m
Russian: уголо́вный ко́декс m ‎(ugolóvnyj kódɛks)
Spanish: código penal m
Tagalog: pamparusang kabatasan

External links

criminal code on Wikipedia.Wikipedia