penal : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: penal	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for penal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
penal adj of or relating to punishment; "penal reform"; "penal code" serving as or designed to impose punishment; "penal servitude" subject to punishment by law; "a penal offense" Synonym(s): penal, punishable
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Penal \Pe"nal\, a. [L. poenalis, fr. poena punishment: cf. F. p[82]nal. See {Pain}.] Of or pertaining to punishment, to penalties, or to crimes and offenses; pertaining to criminal jurisprudence: as: (a) Enacting or threatening punishment; as, a penal statue; the penal code. (b) Incurring punishment; subject to a penalty; as, a penalact of offense. (c) Inflicted as punishment; used as a means of punishment; as, a penal colony or settlement. [bd]Adamantine chains and penal fire.[b8] --Milton. {Penal code} (Law), a code of laws concerning crimes and offenses and their punishment. {Penal laws}, {Penal statutes} (Law), laws prohibited certain acts, and imposing penalties for committing them. {Penal servitude}, imprisonment with hard labor, in a prison, in lieu of transportation. [Great Brit.] {Penal suit}, {Penal action} (Law), a suit for penalties.