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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Law that deals with crimes and their punishments.
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- noun law The area of law pertaining to
crime andpunishment .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the body of law dealing with crimes and their punishment
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