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Webster 1913 Edition


Penal

Pe′nal

,
Adj.
[L.
poenalis
, fr.
poena
punishment: cf. F.
pénal
. 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
statue; the
penal
code
.
(b)
Incurring punishment; subject to a penalty;
as, a
penal
act or offense
.
(c)
Inflicted as punishment; used as a means of punishment;
as, a
penal
colony or settlement
.
“Adamantine chains and penal fire.”
Milton.
Penal code
(Law)
,
a code of laws concerning crimes and offenses and their punishment.
Penal laws
,
Penal statutes
(Law)
,
laws prohibiting certain acts, and imposing penalties for committing them.
Penal servitude
,
imprisonment with hard labor, in a prison, in lieu of transportation.
[Great Brit.]
Penal suit
,
Penal action
(Law)
,
a suit for penalties.

Webster 1828 Edition


Penal

PE'NAL

,
Adj.
[L. poena; Gr. pain, punishment. See Pain.]
1.
Enacting punishment; denouncing the punishment of offenses; as a penal law or statute; the penal code. Penal statutes must be construed strictly.
2.
Inflicting punishment.
Adamantine chains and penal fire.
3.
Incurring punishment; subject to a penalty; as a penal act of offense.

Definition 2024


pénal

pénal

See also: penal

French

Adjective

pénal m (feminine singular pénale, masculine plural pénaux, feminine plural pénales)

  1. penal, criminal (of, or relating to crimes)

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