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Chastisement. As to legality of correction of a child by its parent, an apprentice or scholar by his master, or a criminal by an officer, see s. 24 of the (English) Prevention of Cruelty to Children Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 41), replaced by the (English) Prevention of Cruelty to Children, 1904 (4 Edw. 7, c. 15), and see 8 Edw. 7, c. 67. The (English) Children and Young Persons Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 12), s. 1 (7), preserves the right of parent, teacher, or persons having lawful control to administer punishment. As to criminals, the (English) Prisons Act, 1898 (61 & 62 Vict. c. 41), and rules thereunder. By s. 5, ibid., the order must be confirmed by the Secretary of State, nd (as to scholars) Cleary v. Booth, (1893) 1 QB 465; and Mansell v. Griffin, (1908) 1 KB 160 (947); R. v. Newport (Salop) J.J., ex parte Wright, 1929 (2) KB 416. A husband cannot inflict chastisement on his wife, and all ancient dicta to the contrary are now unsound, R. v. Jackson, (1891) 1 QB 671. See Lus...
Chastisable
Capable or deserving of chastisement punishable...
chastised
having bad behavior criticised and punished as the chastised child sat humbly in the corner...
Chastisement
The act of chastising pain inflicted for punishment and correction discipline punishment...
Chastiser
One who chastises a punisher a corrector...
Castigate
To punish by stripes to chastise by blows to chasten also to chastise verbally to reprove to criticise severely...
Beating
The act of striking or giving blows punishment or chastisement by blows...
Chastise
To inflict pain upon by means of stripes or in any other manner for the purpose of punishment or reformation to punish as with stripes...
chastize
same as chastise a variant spelling as She chastized him for his insensitive remarks...
Firk
To beat to strike to chastise...
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