Punish - Law Dictionary Search Results
Persecute
manner to injure grieve or afflict to beset with cruelty or malignity to harass especially to afflict harass punish or put to death for adherence to a particular religious creed or mode of worship
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saving for the jurisdiction of Protestant archbishops or bishops or any other judges of any ecclesiastical courts to punish, according to his Majesty's ecclesiastical laws, 'atheism, blasphemy, heresy, or schism and other damnable doctrines and opinions by
Pandora
A beautiful woman all gifted whom Jupiter caused Vulcan to make out of clay in order to punish the human race because Prometheus had stolen the fire from heaven Jupiter gave Pandora a box containing all
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Merciful
Full of mercy having or exercising mercy disposed to pity and spare offenders unwilling to punish Opposite of merciless
Lictor
public to clear the way and cause due respect to be paid to them also to apprehend and punish criminals
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
Capitally
In a way involving the forfeiture of the head or life as to punish capitally
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
distress
anguish, deprivation, from Old French, ultimately from Late Latin districtus severe, from past participle of distringere to hinder, punish see distrain ] 1 : seizure and detention of the goods of another as pledge or to obtain
damage
therefore do not require proof punitive damages : damages awarded in cases of serious or malicious wrongdoing to punish or deter the wrongdoer or deter others from behaving similarly called also exemplary damages smart money spe·cial damages
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