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Definition of Punitory
1. Adjective. Inflicting punishment. "Punitive damages"
Similar to: Correctional, Penal, Penitentiary, Relatiative, Retaliatory, Retributive, Retributory, Vindicatory
Derivative terms: Punish, Punish
Antonyms: Rehabilitative
Definition of Punitory
1. a. Punishing; tending to punishment; punitive.
Definition of Punitory
1. Adjective. punitive; tending to punish ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Punitory
1. punitive [adj] - See also: punitive
Lexicographical Neighbors of Punitory
Literary usage of Punitory
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation by Jeremy Bentham (1907)
"Example of a punitory law, made in support of the above coercive one. ...
But though a simply imperative law, and the punitory law attached to vm. it, ..."
2. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation by Jeremy Bentham (1823)
"one, whom the judge, proceeding in due course of law, has or- CHAP. dered him to
hang. y '•• But though a simply imperative law, and the punitory law VIII. ..."
3. Union--disunion--reunion: : Three Decades of Federal Legislation 1855 to by Samuel Sullivan Cox (1885)
"It was punitory pardon ; it was a rushing and turbulent lethe. The author pleaded
for mercy on the old and fraternal plan, ..."
4. Union--disunion--reunion: Three Decades of Federal Legislation. 1855 to 1885 by Samuel Sullivan Cox (1886)
"It was punitory pardon; it was a rushing and turbulent lethe. The author pleaded
for mercy on the old and fraternal plan, ..."
5. Union-disunion-reunion: Three Decades of Federal Legislation. 1855 to 1885 by Samuel Sullivan Cox (1885)
"It was punitory pardon ; it was a rushing and turbulent lethe. The author pleaded
for mercy on the old and fraternal plan, ..."
6. The Works of John Owen by John Owen (1826)
"The force of the argument for the satisfaction of Christ, from punitory justice.
The catechists deny that justice to be inherent in God. ..."
7. Proceedings and Debates of the Convention of the Commonwealth of by Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention, Pennsylvania, John Agg (1838)
"There the punitory power of the people, when they were agonized by judicial ...
Here they cannot be reached effectually by either the punitory or the ..."
8. The American Quarterly Review by Robert Walsh (1835)
"... than to display the unrivalled and superlative merits of England. as the
punitory page exhibits, has been reserved for a part of the United States, ..."
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