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PENAL CODE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The legal code governing crimes and their punishment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("penal code" is a kind of...):
legal code (a code of laws adopted by a state or nation)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
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