Sentence examples for penal actions from inspiring English sources

There were reipersecutory actions available in addition to penal actions, those actions which followed from a finding of theft but were additional to it.

At the first level is the tribunal, to which civil and commercial litigation is submitted and which takes action in penal cases of the first instance.

The opposition, known as Venstre ("Left"), considered the measures unconstitutional; Estrup counteracted public unrest with police action and a stricter penal code.

Locating the origins of and transformations in the profession of prison counselor within the context of public policy can help to clarify the evolution that has taken place in the penal system and, more broadly, the action of the state.

As protests and retaliatory action by authorities stretch on, Foro Penal has observed two "alarming new patterns": prosecution before military courts and judges' efforts to "keep demonstrators under detention, even in the face of the prosecution requesting their immediate liberation and filing no charges".

This was both penal, and an attempt to give the plaintiff enough actions to compensate him, because the thief, at least was not usually solvent.

What we have to do is relentlessly exhibit behaviours which are supportive and creative, not penal and reductive, especially during this period of industrial action.

In order to discourage and prevent crime, however, referencing solely to the rule of law penal system does not fully describe the field of action of democratic institutions.

The Model Penal Code and the law in most U.S. states treat the actions of an accessory after the fact as a separate statutory offense.

Mr Cabeza de Vaca said that the mayor's actions may have been unlawful but did not merit a penal sanction.

With respect to this dimension of action orientation, we distinguish between more or less indifferent "penal" cultures.