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Commutation

Commutation, conversion; the change of a penalty or punishment from a greater to a less; or giving one thing in satisfaction of another-as commuting tithes into a

Penal

Of or pertaining to punishment to penalties or to crimes and offenses pertaining to criminal jurisprudence

retribution

retribution : punishment imposed (as on a convicted criminal) for purposes of repayment or revenge for the wrong committed

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pain

Punishment suffered or denounced suffering or evil inflicted as a punishment for crime or connected with the commission of

Dog stealing

is, however, an indictable misdemeanour, punishable by imprisonment with or without hard labour not exceeding eighteen months. Similar punishment is provided for persons found in possession of dogs or their skins, knowing them to have been stolen,

Plant

any plant, root, fruit or vegetable production growing in a garden, orchard, greenhouse, etc., is punishable on summary conviction by imprisonment up to six months with or without hard labour, or by fine up to 20l.; a

Information

before a justice of the peace against a person alleged to have committed an offence punishable on summary conviction must be laid within six months, and need not be in writing or on oath unless some Act

Solicitor

s. 46. Now, by the 1934 Act, bodies corporate are prohibited from purporting to act as solicitors on penalty on summary conviction of a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds. The (English) Solicitors Act, 1936 (26 Geo.

Bribe

Bribe, a fit to any person in office or holding a position of trust, with the object of inducing him to disregard his official duty or betray his trust for the benefit of the giver. It...

Exposing

nuisance, and punishable accordingly, 4 Steph. Com. If the disease is notifiable, it is also punishable on summary conviction under the Public Health Act, 1936, ss. 148-151.

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