Sentence examples for penal power from inspiring English sources

The fasces was carried by the lictors, or attendants, and was characterized by an ax head projecting from a bundle of elm or birch rods about 5 feet (1.5 metres) long and tied together with a red strap; it symbolized penal power.

For a pope to admit error this way, in a matter as weighty as the exercise of his penal power, may be unprecedented.

For example, Crewe [ 89] described the transformation of staff-prisoner relationships in relation to the transformation of penal power, focusing on the concept of "soft power", and its implications at various levels.

Justice Patrick Keane said the law remained valid irrespective of whether it granted a penal or punitive power.

Section 7 provided that the Act did not prejudice or overrule any previous statutory measures, while Section 8 provided that the restoration to Parliament of the power to administer penal law did not in any way infringe upon the right of the king, Court of King's Bench, Court of Common Pleas or other criminal courts to order someone's imprisonment.

A reform of the penal code earlier this year increased police powers, giving them the right to detain suspects for up to 80 days without charge.

But on Wednesday a majority of the high court bench upheld the laws, and rejected assertions they gave the NT executive powers that were "penal or punitive in character".

Ms. Brownback said orders of protection have been around almost as long as the penal code itself, but their powers were enhanced in 1994, when the federal Violence Against Women Act and the state's Family Protection and Domestic Violence Intervention Act were passed.

However on Wednesday, a majority of the high court bench rejected the assertions the scheme gave the NT executive powers that were "penal or punitive in character" and said the laws therefore "do not impair, undermine or detract from the institutional integrity of the Northern Territory courts".

Zhou Yongkang, who retired last month as the chief of domestic security, was known to scare senior leaders with the specter of social chaos — and the party's loss of power — if the extralegal penal system were abolished.

Today, nearly two decades later, Hendrickson would appear to be a testament to the rehabilitative powers of the federal penal system.