penal code
penal code a code setting out all or at least most of the main princi- ples of the criminal law of a system. The UK has generally not fol- lowed this course. In the USA many states have turned the common
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penalty clauses
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law into codes or partial codes. Under the influence of the NAPOLEON- IC CODE, the Code d'Instruction Criminelle of 1808 and the Code Pénal of 1810, many continental European states have adopted penal codes that require from time to time to be revised.
- puff
- puffer
- puisne
- pupillage
- pupil master
- pure theory of law
- putative father
- QB
- QC
- qua
- qualified acceptance
- qualified privilege
- qualified title
- quantitative restrictions
- quantum
- quantum lucratus
- quantum meruit
- quarter day
- quash
- quasi
- quasi-contract
- quasi ex contractu
- quasi-judicial
- Quebec
- Quebec Civil Code