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penal code
noun
- the aggregate of statutory enactments dealing with crimes and their punishment.
penal code
noun
- the codified body of the laws in any legal system that relate to crime and its punishment
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of penal code1
Example Sentences
A bill proposed by Houston-area Rep. Tom Oliverson asks to amend the state penal code to create a new crime of "gender identity fraud."
They were sentenced to five years for contravening the penal code and outraging public decency.
Last year, Assembly Democrats, under different leadership, rejected Senate Bill 14, which would add human trafficking of a minor for sex to the list of “serious felonies” under California’s penal code, triggering bipartisan outrage.
The database cited the California penal code aimed at anyone who “willfully inflicts corporal injury resulting in a traumatic condition” on a spouse, former spouse, live-in partner, fiancé or fiancée, former dating partner, or co-parent.
Under the Tennessee penal code, Wallen’s three Class E felony charges carry a prison sentence of one to six years per count, probation and a fine.
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