Degradation - Law Dictionary Search Results
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Degradation, a deprivation of dignity; dismissal from office. An ecclesiastical censure, whereby a clergyman is divested of his holy orders. There ae two sorts by the canon law; one, summary, by word only; the other, solemn, by stripping the party degraded of those ornaments and rights which are the ensigns of his degree. Degradation is otherwise called deposition, but the canonists have distingui-shed between these two terms, deeming the former as the greater punishment of the two. There is likewise a degradation of a lord or knight at Common Law and also by Act of Parliament, 13 Car. 2, c. 16....
degrading
causing humiliation or degradation as a degrading surrender...
Self degradation
The act of degrading ones self or the state of being so degraded...
Degradation
The act of reducing in rank character or reputation or of abasing a lowering from ones standing or rank in office or society diminution as the degradation of a peer a knight a general or a bishop...
Degrade
To reduce from a higher to a lower rank or degree to lower in rank to deprive of office or dignity to strip of honors as to degrade a nobleman or a general officer...
Degradement
Deprivation of rank or office degradation...
degradingly
In a degrading manner...
Degradations
Degradations, a term for waste in the French law....
Depose
Depose, to lay down; to lodge; to degrade from a throne or high station; to affirm in a deposition.To give evidence, bear witness, or testimony; to state or affirm some matter of fact in an affidavit or deposition; also to lay down; to lodge; to degrade from a throne or High Station....
cruel and unusual punishment
cruel and unusual punishment : punishment that is offensive to the contemporary morality or jurisprudence (as by being degrading, inflicting unnecessary and intentional pain, or being disproportionate to the offense) [nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted "U.S. Constitution amend. VIII"] see also Gregg v. Georgia in the Important Cases section compare corporal punishment, death penalty NOTE: A cruel and unusual punishment is essentially one that the courts consider to violate the Eighth Amendment based on a variety of criteria. The interpretation of what constitutes cruel and unusual punishment has changed over time and has varied from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Most forms of corporal punishment formerly used at common law have been found to be cruel and unusual punishments. The U.S. Supreme Court has held that the death penalty in itself does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment, although mandatory death sentences do. ...
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