penal servitude

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penal servitude

(Law) English criminal law (formerly) the imprisonment of an offender and his subjection to hard labour. It was substituted for transportation in 1853 and abolished in 1948 Compare hard labour

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penal servitude

n → Zwangsarbeit f

penal servitude n → lavori mpl forzati

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