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  • 71penal — adj m y f 1 Que merece la aplicación de una pena o que se relaciona con las penas que se aplican a quienes cometen faltas o delitos: un hecho penal, acción penal, derecho penal, juez penal, juzgado penal 2 s m Edificio en donde se purgan las… …

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  • 72penal code — noun the legal code governing crimes and their punishment • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑legal code * * * noun : a code of laws concerning crimes and offenses and their punishment * * * Law. the aggregate of statutory enactments… …

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  • 73PENAL LAW — Principles of Legality Under talmudic law, no act is a criminal offense and punishable as such unless laid down in express terms in the Bible (the Written Law). For this purpose, it is not sufficient that there should be a provision imposing a… …

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  • 74penal — (adj) (Básico) relacionado con el castigo impuesto a alguien por hacer algo malo Ejemplos: El código penal define los delitos y castigos que les corresponden. Alberto es abogado y especialista en derecho penal. Colocaciones: cláusula penal, juez… …

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  • 75penal — adjective 1 (only before noun) connected with the legal punishment of criminals, especially in prisons: penal reform | the penal system | penal colony/settlement (=a special area of land where prisoners are kept) | penal servitude law (=a period… …

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  • 76penal — adj. 1 a of or concerning punishment or its infliction (penal laws; a penal sentence; a penal colony). b (of an offence) punishable, esp. by law. 2 extremely severe (penal taxation). Phrases and idioms: penal servitude hist. imprisonment with… …

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  • 77Penal system in the People's Republic of China — Hard labor still was the most common form of punishment in China in the 1980s. The penal system stressed reform rather than retribution, and it was expected that productive labor would reduce the penal institutions cost to society. Even death… …

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  • 78penal — penality /pi nal i tee/, n. penally, adv. /peen l/, adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or involving punishment, as for crimes or offenses. 2. prescribing punishment: penal laws. 3. constituting punishment: He survived the years of penal hardship. 4. used …

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  • 79penal — pe|nal [ˈpi:nl] adj [Date: 1400 1500; : French; Origin: pénal, from Latin poenalis, from poena punishment ] 1.) [only before noun] relating to the legal punishment of criminals, especially in prisons ▪ the penal system penal colony/settlement (=a …

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  • 80penal — [[t]pi͟ːn(ə)l[/t]] 1) ADJ: usu ADJ n Penal means relating to the punishment of criminals. ...director general of penal affairs at the justice ministry. ...penal and legal systems. 2) ADJ: ADJ n A penal institution or colony is one where criminals …

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