Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The area of law pertaining to crime and punishment.

    Strafrecht

    уголо́вное пра́воugolóvnoje právo

    the body of law dealing with crimes and their punishment

  2. (countable, uncountable)A specific statute, ordinance, regulation, or other source of law that deems an action to be a crime.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. He is an authority on criminal law.

  2. Tom is an authority on criminal law.

  3. Criminal law, also known as penal law, involves prosecution for an act that has been classified as a crime.

Translations

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Forms

plural: criminal laws
Singularcriminal law
Pluralcriminal laws

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