penal code English

Meaning penal code meaning

What does penal code mean?

— noun the legal code governing crimes and their punishment

What other words have the same or similar meaning as penal code?

penalty legal punishment enactment criminal law criminal code civil code

Criminal Code

How do I use penal code in a sentence?

Here it is in the penal code.

In Hungary, for example, the penal code calls for two years imprisonment for personal possession by a drug-dependent person.

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