Punish - Law Dictionary Search Results
Chabouk
A long whip such as is used in the East in the infliction of punishment
Cat o nine tails
a whip used as an instrument of punishment consisting of nine pieces of knotted line or cord fastened to a handle formerly used to flog offenders
Cangue
A very broad and heavy wooden collar which certain offenders in China are compelled to wear as a punishment
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Blacklist
To put in a black list as deserving of suspicion censure or punishment esp to put in a list of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy as tradesmen and employers do
Bimembral
Having two members as a bimembral sentence
prisoner
prisoner : a person deprived of liberty and kept under involuntary restraint, confinement, or custody ;esp : one under arrest, awaiting trial, on trial, or serving a prison sentence
illusory
illusory : likely to mislead or deceive : false deceptive [an plea bargain leading to a longer sentence than expected]
point
point 1 : a particular detail, proposition, or issue of law ;specif : point of error 2 : any of various incremental units used in measuring, fixing, or calculating something: as a : a unit used...
custody
legal authority penal custody : custody of a person (as in a correctional institution) as a form of punishment phys·i·cal custody : custody of a person (as an arrestee) whose freedom is under the actual and immediate
general court-martial
general court-martial : a court-martial consisting of a military judge and usually at least five members and having authority to impose a sentence of dishonorable discharge or death compare special court-martial, summary court-martial
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