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penalties |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Penalty \Pe"nal*ty\, n.; pl {Penalties}. [F. p['e]nalit['e]. See {Penal}.] 1. Penal retribution; punishment for crime or offense; the suffering in person or property which is annexed by law or judicial decision to the commission of a crime, offense, or trespass. Death is the penalty imposed. --Milton. 2. The suffering, or the sum to be forfeited, to which a person subjects himself by covenant or agreement, in case of nonfulfillment of stipulations; forfeiture; fine. The penalty and forfeit of my bond. --Shak. 3. A handicap. [Sporting Cant] Note: The term penalty is in law mostly applied to a pecuniary punishment. {Bill of pains and penalties}. See under {Bill}. {On}, or {Under}, {penalty of}, on pain of with exposure to the penalty of in case of transgression.
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