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111blameworthy — blameworthy, guilty, culpable are comparable when they mean deserving reproach and punishment for a wrong, sinful, or criminal act, practice, or condition. One (as a person or his act or work) is blameworthy that deserves blame or criticism and… …
112peine forte et dure — /pen for tā dürˈ/ (French; historical) noun Literally, strong and severe punishment, a kind of judicial torture involving pressing with weights * * * peine forte et dure «pehn FR tay dooR», French. 1. very severe and harsh punishment. 2. a former …
113Shabbat — or Shabbos (Hebrew: שַׁבָּת, shabbāt , shabbes , rest/inactivity ), is the weekly Sabbath or day of rest in Judaism, symbolizing the seventh day in Genesis, after the six days of creation. Though it is commonly said to be the Saturday of each… …
114Elizabeth Howe — Infobox Person name = Elizabeth Howe image size = caption = birth name = Elizabeth Jackson birth date = circa 1635 birth place = england death date = July 19, 1692 death place = Salem, Massachusetts death cause = executed by hanging resting place …
115Calendar of 1993 — ▪ 1994 January January 1 Czechoslovakia now two nations. What had been the single nation of Czechoslovakia officially became two independent states, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Vaclav Havel, the former president of Czechoslovakia, and… …
116justice — jus·tice / jəs təs/ n [Old French, from Latin justitia, from justus just] 1 a: the quality of being just, impartial, or fair it is not the province of the court to decide upon the justice or injustice...of these laws Scott v. Sanford, 60 U.S. 393 …
117Draconian Justice — , DRACONIC Draco, an Athenian, was an archon, or chief magistrate, who, in the seventh century B.C., drew up a code of laws the first in writing noted for its severity. Previously justice was determined by the elders or by blood feuds. But… …
118COUNCILS OF THE LANDS — COUNCILS OF THE LANDS, the central institutions of Jewish self government in Poland and Lithuania from the middle of the 16th century until 1764. The bodies in question were the Council of the Four Lands (Heb. וַעַד אַרְבַּע אֲךָצוֹת) or … …
119ARAB POPULATION — GENERAL SURVEY Under the British Mandate, 1917–48 In 1917, at the time of the British conquest of Palestine during World War I, the country s Arabic speaking population numbered less than 600,000 persons; in 1947 it was estimated at 1,200,000.… …
120Penology — (from the Latin poena , punishment ) comprises penitentiary science: that concerned with the processes devised and adopted for the punishment, repression, and prevention of crime, and the treatment of prisoners.Contemporary penology concerns… …
