PAINS AND PENALTIES, BILLS OF
\pˈe͡ɪnz and pˈɛnə͡ltɪz], \pˈeɪnz and pˈɛnəltɪz], \p_ˈeɪ_n_z a_n_d p_ˈɛ_n_əl_t_ɪ_z]\
Sort: Oldest first
-
The name given to acts of parliament to attaint particular persons of treason or felony, or to inflict pains and penalties beyond or contrary to the common law, to serve a spe- cial purpose. They are in fact new laws, made pro re nata.
By Henry Campbell Black
Nearby Words
- painless whitlow
- painlessly
- painlessness
- pains
- pains and penalties
- PAINS AND PENALTIES, BILLS OF
- pains, after
- pains, gnawing
- painstaker
- painstaking
- painstakingly