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Criminal law Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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criminal law
Noun
1. the body of law dealing with crimes and their punishment
(hypernym) legal code
(part-meronym) Riot Act
(classification) law, jurisprudence
(class) crime, law-breaking
Noun
1. the body of law dealing with crimes and their punishment
(hypernym) legal code
(part-meronym) Riot Act
(classification) law, jurisprudence
(class) crime, law-breaking
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criminal law
criminal law
n : the body of law dealing with crimes and their punishment
criminal law
n : the body of law dealing with crimes and their punishment
Criminal law Definition from Law Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Duhaime.org Legal Dictionary |
Criminal law
That body of the law that deals with conduct considered so harmful to society as a whole that it is prohibited by statute, prosecuted and punished by the government. - (read more on Criminal law)
That body of the law that deals with conduct considered so harmful to society as a whole that it is prohibited by statute, prosecuted and punished by the government. - (read more on Criminal law)
| National Standards for Civics and Government |
criminal law
Branch of law that deals with disputes or actions involving criminal penalties (as opposed to civil law), it regulates the conduct of individuals, defines crimes, and provides punishment for criminal acts.
Branch of law that deals with disputes or actions involving criminal penalties (as opposed to civil law), it regulates the conduct of individuals, defines crimes, and provides punishment for criminal acts.
Criminal law Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Criminal law
The term criminal law, sometimes called penal law, refers to any of various bodies of rules in different jurisdictions whose common characteristic is the potential for unique and often severe impositions as punishment for failure to comply. Criminal punishment, depending on the offense and jurisdiction, may include execution, loss of liberty, government supervision (parole or probation), or fines. There are some archetypal crimes, like murder, but the acts that are forbidden are not wholly consistent between different criminal codes, and even within a particular code lines may be blurred as civil infractions may give rise also to criminal consequences. Criminal law typically is enforced by the government, unlike the civil law, which may be enforced by private parties.
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