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prescribe — verb (T) 1 to say what medicine or treatment a sick person should have: prescribe sb sth: If these don t work I may have to prescribe you something stronger. | prescribe sth for sth: one of the most commonly prescribed drugs for treating… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
prescribe — pre|scribe [prıˈskraıb] v [T] [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: praescribere to write at the beginning, order ] 1.) to say what medicine or treatment a sick person should have →↑prescription prescribe sb sth ▪ If these don t work I may have to… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Capital punishment in Texas — The State of Texas Death Row seal, taken at the Polunsky Unit in West Livingston, Texas … Wikipedia
Capital punishment in Singapore — Part of a series on Capital punishment Issues Debate · … Wikipedia
PENAL LAW — Principles of Legality Under talmudic law, no act is a criminal offense and punishable as such unless laid down in express terms in the Bible (the Written Law). For this purpose, it is not sufficient that there should be a provision imposing a… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
sentence — sen·tence 1 / sent əns, ənz/ n [Old French, opinion, judicial sentence, from Latin sententia, ultimately from sentire to feel, think, express an opinion] 1: a judgment formally pronouncing the punishment to be inflicted on one convicted of a… … Law dictionary
convict — con·vict 1 /kən vikt/ vt [Latin convictus past participle of convincere to find guilty, prove, from com with, together + vincer to conquer]: to find guilty of a criminal offense was convict ed of fraud compare acquit con·vict 2 / kän ˌvikt/ … Law dictionary
condemn — con·demn /kən dem/ vt 1: to impose a penalty on; esp: to sentence to death 2: to adjudge unfit for use or consumption 3: to declare convertible to public use under the right of eminent domain: take con·dem·nable … Law dictionary
condemn — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To send to punishment] Syn. convict, doom, sentence, damn, adjudge, proscribe, pass sentence on, find guilty, utter judicial sentence against, seal the doom of, pronounce judgment, prescribe punishment; see also convict ,… … English dictionary for students
determine — de·ter·mine vt mined, min·ing: to make a determination regarding Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. determine I … Law dictionary
