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PENAL CODE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does penal code mean?

• PENAL CODE (noun)
The noun PENAL CODE has 1 sense:

1. the legal code governing crimes and their punishment

Familiarity information: PENAL CODE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PENAL CODE (noun)

Sense 1

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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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