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penal code

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penal code
n.
A body of laws relating to crimes and offenses and the penalties for their commission.
penal code
Noun
the body of laws relating to crime and punishment
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Noun1.penal code - the legal code governing crimes and their punishment
legal code - a code of laws adopted by a state or nation; "a code of laws"
law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"


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Under the pressure of actual necessity he now mastered the law, and the most important parts of the astonishing mass of work that he performed during his three and a half years in India consisted in redrafting the penal code and in helping to organize education.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
"It is easy to see you have never loved," replied the councillor, with a look that was pitifully comic; "you are as relentless as article 304 of the penal code.
Adieu by de Balzac, Honore View in context
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