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penal code:
(18c)
1. A combination of criminal laws, usually defining and categorizing the offenses and setting forth their respective punishments. — aka criminal code.
1. A division of the statutory law of a jurisdiction comprehensive of crimes and criminal proceedings. A model code proposed by the American Law Institute. [2]
1. The published criminal statutes of a jurisdiction. [3]
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[1]: Black’s Law Dictionary Deluxe Tenth Edition by Henry Campbell Black & Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-62130-6
[2]: Ballantine’s Law Dictionary with Pronunciations
Third Edition by James A. Ballantine (James Arthur 1871-1949). Edited by William S. Anderson. © 1969 by THE LAWYER’S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY. Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931
[3]: Ballantine’s Law Dictionary Legal Assistant Edition
by Jack Ballantine (James Arthur 1871-1949). Doctored by Jack G. Handler, J.D. © 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning. ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.
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