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Examples of penal code in a Sentence
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Only 13 of Mexico’s 31 states have modified their penal codes to reflect the court’s resolution, with Jalisco being the latest state to do so, in April 2024.
—Alejandra Marquez Guajardo, The Conversation, 1 May 2024
New York lawmakers first tried to strike the anti-adultery law 60 years ago when a legislative commission tried to cull archaic laws and modernize the state penal code.
—Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2024
Her suit was filed in federal court but made claims under New York's penal code, which has a narrower definition of rape than the federal standard.
—Graham Kates, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2024
Discrediting the army is just one of several new offenses added to Russia’s penal code since the invasion of Ukraine.
—Clare Sebastian, CNN, 9 Mar. 2024
The provisions in California’s penal code most applicable to prosecuting crimes under the District Attorney’s newest unit is Section 490.4.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 23 Jan. 2024
In addition to lobbying for a citywide ban, animal rights groups sued the Padres in November claiming that rodeos involve shocking horses in ways that violate state penal code.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Jan. 2024
William Austin Aldama, 27, from Dallas, was arrested Thursday in Navarro County, Texas, on 10 counts of possession with intent to promote child pornography, which is a third-degree felony under the state's penal code.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 24 Jan. 2024
His government sought to soften the punishments for separatist leaders in other ways, granting pardons in 2021 to nine politicians jailed for their involvement in the independence referendum, removing the crime of sedition from the penal code and reducing the sentencing for misuse of public funds.
—Beatriz Ríos, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
circa 1777, in the meaning defined above
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“Penal code.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/penal%20code. Accessed 15 May. 2024.
Legal Definition
penal code
noun
: a code of laws concerning crimes and their punishments
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