N. Y. Supp
Categories: Criminal Law
Definition (1910 Edition)
164; Lang v. Ropke, 10 N. Y.
825; People v. Common Council of Bay City, 36 Mich. 189.—Penal servitude, in English criminal law, is a punishment which consists in keeping an offender in confinement, and compelling him to labor. Bey Crim. Dig. 2.—Penal statutes. See “penal laws,” supra. —Penal sum. A sum agreed upon in a bond, to be forfeited if the condition of the bond is not fulfilled.
766.
825; People v. Common Council of Bay City, 36 Mich. 189.—Penal servitude, in English criminal law, is a punishment which consists in keeping an offender in confinement, and compelling him to labor. Bey Crim. Dig. 2.—Penal statutes. See “penal laws,” supra. —Penal sum. A sum agreed upon in a bond, to be forfeited if the condition of the bond is not fulfilled.
766.
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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