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  2. Civil penalty - Wikipedia

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    A civil penalty or civil fine is a financial penalty imposed by a government agency as restitution for wrongdoing. The wrongdoing is typically defined by a codification of legislation , regulations , and decrees .

  3. Fine (penalty) - Wikipedia

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    The subject will have two choices now. He can pay the fine, or he can go into appeal. In contrast to the court-imposed fine, when the subject has paid the fine, he will keep the right to go into appeal. The subject can go into appeal within six weeks. [26] In the first instance, the subject appeals to the public prosecutor. [27]

  4. Sanctions (law) - Wikipedia

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    Sanctions, in law and legal definition, are penalties or other means of enforcement used to provide incentives for obedience with the law or other rules and regulations. [1] Criminal sanctions can take the form of serious punishment, such as corporal or capital punishment, incarceration, or severe fines.

  5. Penalties in English law - Wikipedia

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    The law relating to contractual penalties in England has been entirely developed by judges at common law without general statutory intervention. The Supreme Court has noted that "[t]he penalty rule in England is an ancient, haphazardly constructed edifice which has not weathered well". [3]

  6. Sentence (law) - Wikipedia

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    Punishment imposed for no reason other than an offense being committed, on the basis that if proportionate, punishment is morally acceptable as a response that satisfies the aggrieved party, their intimates and society. Tariff sentences; Sentence must be proportionate to the crime; Deterrence of the individual

  7. Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    This clearly permits the death penalty to be imposed, and establishes beyond doubt that the death penalty is not one of the "cruel and unusual punishments" prohibited by the Eighth Amendment." [39] A similar observation was made by the Supreme Court in 2019. The Supreme Court held in Bucklew v.

  8. Punishment - Wikipedia

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    The definition requires that punishment is only determined after the fact by the reduction in behavior; if the offending behavior of the subject does not decrease, it is not considered punishment. There is some conflation of punishment and aversives, though an aversion that does not decrease behavior is not considered punishment in psychology.

  9. Legal remedy - Wikipedia

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    A legal remedy, also referred to as judicial relief or a judicial remedy, is the means with which a court of law, usually in the exercise of civil law jurisdiction, enforces a right, imposes a penalty, or makes another court order to impose its will in order to compensate for the harm of a wrongful act inflicted upon an individual.