A correctional facility. A jail, prison or penitentiary. … [Read more...] about PENAL INSTITUTION
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PEDERAST OR PEDERASTI
The crime of sexual abuse of a minor, commonly referring to the situation where an adult male grooms and sexually assaults an adolescent an adolescent male that is not of family (which is incest.) … [Read more...] about PEDERAST OR PEDERASTI
PEINE FORTE ET DURE
Eng. law A punishment formerly inflicted in England, on a person who, being arraigned of felony, refused to plead and put himself on his trial, and stubbornly stood mute. He was to be laid down and as much weight was to be put upon him as he could bear, and more, until he died. This barbarous punishment has been abolished. Vide Mute. … [Read more...] about PEINE FORTE ET DURE
PENAL LAW
One which inflicts a penalty for a violation of its enactment. … [Read more...] about PENAL LAW
PEDERASTY
In criminal law. The unnatural carnal copulation of male with male, particularly of a man with a boy; a form of sodomy, (g. v.) … [Read more...] about PEDERASTY