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Home Dictionary Name: hardHard labour
Hard labour, a punishment said to have been intro-duced by 5 Anne, c. 6. By the (English) Criminal Justice Administration Act, 1914, s. 16(1), 'where a person convicted by or before any Court of an offence is sentenced to imprisonment without the option of a fine, the imprisonment may, in the discretion of the court, be either with or without hard labour, notwithstanding that the offence is an offence at common law, or that the statute under which the sentence is passed does not authorize the imposition of hard labour or requires the imposi-tion of hard labour.' Imprisonment for default in payment of a fine is always without hard labour....
Hard
Not easily penetrated cut or separated into parts not yielding to pressure firm solid compact applied to material bodies and opposed to soft as hard wood hard flesh a hard apple...
Hard favored
Hard featured ill looking as Vulcan was hard favored...
Hard fisted
Having hard or strong hands as a hard fisted laborer...
hard fought
Vigorously contested by both opponents of contests as a hard fought battle a hard fought primary election...
hard pressed
facing or experiencing trouble or difficulty as financially hard pressed Mexican hotels are lowering their prices they were hard pressed to find a substitute on short notice see distressed1...
Labour, Hard
Labour, Hard. See HARD LABOUR....
hard disk
hard disk ...
hard goods
hard goods see good ...
hard labor
hard labor : compulsory labor imposed upon prisoners as part of a sentence or as prison discipline ...
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