What (who) is penal - definition
TOWN IN SOUTH TRINIDAD, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Penal (town)
penal
1.
Penal means relating to the punishment of criminals.
...director-general of penal affairs at the justice ministry.
...penal and legal systems.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
2.
A penal institution or colony is one where criminals are kept as punishment.
...imprisoned on an island that has served as a penal colony since Roman times.
ADJ: ADJ n
Penal
·adj Incurring punishment; subject to a penalty; as, a penalact of offense.
II. Penal ·adj Enacting or threatening punishment; as, a penal statue; the penal code.
III. Penal ·adj Inflicted as punishment; used as a means of punishment; as, a penal colony or settlement.
IV. Penal ·adj Of or pertaining to punishment, to penalties, or to crimes and offenses; pertaining to criminal jurisprudence.
penal
¦ adjective
1. relating to or prescribing the punishment of offenders under the legal system.
(of an act or offence) punishable by law.
2. (especially of taxation or interest rates) extremely severe.
Derivatives
penally adverb
Origin
ME: from OFr. penal, from L. poenalis, from poena 'pain, penalty'.
Wikipedia
Penal
Penal is a town in south Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago. It lies south of San Fernando, Princes Town, and Debe, and north of Moruga, Morne Diablo and Siparia.
Pronunciation examples for penal
1. under the penal code.
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2. so they help Foro Penal--
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3. Foro Penal and the message--
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4. that Foro Penal is doing.
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5. people in Venezuela know Foro Penal,
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Examples of use of penal
1. Currently, Israel‘s penal code contains only murder and manslaughter.
2. Section 402 of Pakistani Penal Code is very clear.
3. He also faces charges of possession of contraband –– a shank, or homemade knife –– in a penal institution, and of bringing contraband –– a cell phone –– into a penal institution.
4. But there was something odd about this penal colony.
5. Individuals within a penal institution certainly have First Amendment rights.