prescribe punishment
1prescribe punishment — index condemn (punish), convict, determine, pronounce (pass judgment), sentence Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William …
2prescribe — verb (T) 1 to say what medicine or treatment a sick person should have: prescribe sb sth: If these don t work I may have to prescribe you something stronger. | prescribe sth for sth: one of the most commonly prescribed drugs for treating… …
3prescribe — pre|scribe [prıˈskraıb] v [T] [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: praescribere to write at the beginning, order ] 1.) to say what medicine or treatment a sick person should have →↑prescription prescribe sb sth ▪ If these don t work I may have to… …
4Capital punishment in Texas — The State of Texas Death Row seal, taken at the Polunsky Unit in West Livingston, Texas …
5Capital punishment in Singapore — Part of a series on Capital punishment Issues Debate · …
6PENAL 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… …
7sentence — sen·tence 1 / sent əns, ənz/ n [Old French, opinion, judicial sentence, from Latin sententia, ultimately from sentire to feel, think, express an opinion] 1: a judgment formally pronouncing the punishment to be inflicted on one convicted of a… …
8convict — con·vict 1 /kən vikt/ vt [Latin convictus past participle of convincere to find guilty, prove, from com with, together + vincer to conquer]: to find guilty of a criminal offense was convict ed of fraud compare acquit con·vict 2 / kän ˌvikt/ …
9condemn — con·demn /kən dem/ vt 1: to impose a penalty on; esp: to sentence to death 2: to adjudge unfit for use or consumption 3: to declare convertible to public use under the right of eminent domain: take con·dem·nable …
10condemn — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To send to punishment] Syn. convict, doom, sentence, damn, adjudge, proscribe, pass sentence on, find guilty, utter judicial sentence against, seal the doom of, pronounce judgment, prescribe punishment; see also convict ,… …
