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To forfeit
to, by some error, fault, offence or crime', 'to incur a penalty'. 'Forfei-ture', as judicially annotated, is 'a punishment annexed by law to some illegal act or negligence', something imposed as a punishment for an offence or
fine
payment for release or privilege, monetary penalty, from Latin finis end, boundary] 1 : a sum imposed as punishment for an offense compare restitution 2 : a forfeiture or penalty paid to an injured party in a
Damage feasant or faisant
of such distress from the pound is, on conviction before two justices of the peace, liable to a penalty not exceeding 5l.; and by the (English) Protection of Animals Act, 1911 (1 & 2 Geo. 5, c.
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Consider
after considering the entire circumstances of the case in order to decide the nature and extent of the penalty to be imposed on the delinquent employee on his conviction on a criminal charge. This matter can be
Drunkenness
apprehended and dealt with according to law. The 3rd s. of the same Act empowers a Court on conviction of a drunkard to order him to enter into a recognizance, with or without sureties, to be of
Guilty
something censurable justly exposed to penalty used with of and usually followed by the crime sometimes by the punishment as guilty of murder
Blasphemy
divine authority,' and is convicted thereof on indictment by the oath of two or more credible witnesses. The punishment is, for a first offence, disability for and forfeiture of any office 'ecclesiastical, civil, or military'; for a
Foreign Enlistment Act
Foreign Enlistment Act, 59 Geo. 3, c. 69 (as to which see Burton v. Pinkerton, (1867) LR 2 Ex 340), repealed and replaced by the Foreign Enlistment Act, 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 90), passed...
Prizefighting
it was held that the mere presence of persons at a prizefight was not enough to sustain a conviction for assault), and railway companies providing trains for any prizefights are liable to heavy penalties under the (English)
Censure
or condemnation, harsh criticism, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn. Is only a recorded warning and does not constitute punishment and, therefore, the directions contained in the circular in relation to imposition of minor penalty would not apply
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