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PUNISHABLE

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Liable to punishment whether absolutely or in the exercise of a judicial discretion. … [Read more...]

PURCHASER IN GOOD FAITH

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A purchaser who buys property without knowledge of any other rightful claim to the property. … [Read more...]

PUNISHMENT

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In criminal law. Any pain, penalty, suffering, or confinement inflicted upon a person by the authority of the law and the judgment and sentence of a court, for some crime or offense committed by him, or for his omission of a duty enjoined by law. Cruel and unusual punishment. Such punishment as would amount to torture or bar-arity, and any cruel and degrading punishment not … [Read more...]

PURE

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Absolute; complete; simple; unmixed ; unqualified; free from conditions or restrictions; as in the phrases pure charity, pure debt, pure obligation, pure plea, pure villenage, as to which see the nouns. … [Read more...]

PUNISHMENT OF DEATH

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The deliberate killing, according to the forms of law,, of a person who has been lawfully convicted of certain crimes. See Capital crimes. … [Read more...]

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