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Grammar : Noun

Définition of penal code

As in Napoleonic code : noun legal code

Example sentences :

You cannot touch him until he transgresses the limits of the penal code.
Extract from : « Foma Gordyeff » by Maxim Gorky

It was intended as an introduction to the plan of a penal code.
Extract from : « The English Utilitarians, Volume I. » by Leslie Stephen

While the penal code was in force Irish priests were educated abroad.
Extract from : « The Political History of England - Vol. X. » by William Hunt

The same year saw the beginning of a relaxation of the penal code.
Extract from : « The Political History of England - Vol. X. » by William Hunt

He rang for Bonifazio and sent him out to buy the Penal Code.
Extract from : « Pietro Ghisleri » by F. (Francis) Marion Crawford

His whole life is based on brute-power, the penal code, and—orders.
Extract from : « John Brown » by Captain R. W. Campbell

The Greek penal code has been adopted with some modifications.
Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 » by Various

This does not justify the wise law-giver in making them a part of the penal code.
Extract from : « Crime: Its Cause and Treatment » by Clarence Darrow

In the case of a crisis, a return to the penal code would not be impossible.
Extract from : « The Man Who Laughs » by Victor Hugo

The penal code, with all its malign influence, had one good effect.
Extract from : « The Land-War In Ireland (1870) » by James Godkin

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