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Penal

Penal Meaning & Definition
Penal Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Penal?

[adj] subject to punishment by law; "a penal offense"
[adj] serving as or designed to impose punishment; "penal servitude"; "a penal colony"
[adj] of or relating to punishment; "penal reform"; "penal code"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Penal: illegal | punishable | punitive | punitory

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Penal In Webster's Dictionary

\Pe"nal\, a. [L. poenalis, fr. poena punishment: cf. F. p['e]nal. See {Pain}.] Of or pertaining to punishment, to penalties, or to crimes and offenses; pertaining to criminal jurisprudence: as: (a) Enacting or threatening punishment; as, a penal statue; the penal code. (b) Incurring punishment; subject to a penalty; as, a penalact of offense. (c) Inflicted as punishment; used as a means of punishment; as, a penal colony or settlement. ``Adamantine chains and penal fire.'' --Milton. {Penal code} (Law), a code of laws concerning crimes and offenses and their punishment. {Penal laws}, {Penal statutes} (Law), laws prohibited certain acts, and imposing penalties for committing them. {Penal servitude}, imprisonment with hard labor, in a prison, in lieu of transportation. [Great Brit.] {Penal suit}, {Penal action} (Law), a suit for penalties.

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