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capital punishment

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capital punishment
noun dealing death, death, death sentence, execution, extreme penalty, judicial murder, killing associated concepts: cruel and unusual punishment

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


capital punishment
n.
The death penalty; punishment by death.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


capital punishment
punishment that consists of killing the offender. Methods vary around the world and include, or have included, hanging, garrotting, use of the guillotine, shooting, gassing, lethal injection and electrocution. In the UK, general capital punishment for murder was abolished by the Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965 and was replaced by life imprisonment. Capital punishment for treason and piracy was abolished by the Crime and Disorder Act 1998. See corporal punishment, death penalty.

Collins dictionary of law. . 2001.


capital punishment
A sentence of death.
Category: Criminal Law
Category: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits

Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. . 2009.


capital punishment
The lawful infliction of death as a punishment; the death penalty.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


capital punishment
The lawful infliction of death as a punishment; the death penalty.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

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