Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defence.
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Penal
//ˈpiːnəl//
Synonyms for "penal" (12 found)
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Adjective(2 words)
Related words (6)
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26 translations across 16 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- جَزَائِيّ adj (of or relating to punishment)
- عِقَابِيّ adj (of or relating to punishment)
Belarusian
2 entries- ка́рны adj (of or relating to punishment)
- штрафны́ adj (of or relating to punishment)
Bulgarian
1 entries- наказа́телен adj (of or relating to punishment)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 刑事的 adj (of or relating to punishment)
- 刑罰的 /刑罚的 adj (of or relating to punishment)
Danish
2 entries- pønal adj (of or relating to punishment)
- straffe adj (of or relating to punishment)
Esperanto
2 entries- prizona adj (of or relating to punishment)
- puna adj (of or relating to punishment)
Finnish
1 entries- rangaistus adj (of or relating to punishment)
French
1 entries- pénal adj (of or relating to punishment)
German
1 entries- strafrechtlich adj (of or relating to punishment)
Japanese
2 entries- 刑事上の adj (of or relating to punishment)
- 刑罰の adj (of or relating to punishment)
Korean
1 entries- 형벌의 adj (of or relating to punishment)
Polish
1 entries- karny adj (of or relating to punishment)
Portuguese
1 entries- penal adj (of or relating to punishment)
Russian
3 entries- кара́тельный adj (of or relating to punishment)
- каторжный adj (of or relating to punishment)
- штрафно́й adj (of or relating to punishment)
Ukrainian
3 entries- ка́рний adj (of or relating to punishment)
- кара́льний adj (of or relating to punishment)
- штрафни́й adj (of or relating to punishment)
Welsh
1 entries- cosbol adj (of or relating to punishment)
Sample sentences
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No one shall be held guilty of any penal offence on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a penal offence, under national or international law, at the time when it was committed. Nor shall a heavier penalty be imposed than the one that was applicable at the time the penal offence was committed.
Source: tatoeba (554683)
Criminal law, also known as penal law, involves prosecution for an act that has been classified as a crime.
Source: tatoeba (624495)
This violates about a million penal codes and every holy book there is.
Source: tatoeba (718050)
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