penalise

t. See penalize. penality (pe-nal'i-ti), n. [= F. pénalité Sp. pen alidad Pg. pen alidade = It. penal ità, ized, ppr. penalizing. [=Pg. penalizar, trouble, pen-and-ink Better not do the Deed than weep it done. No Penance can absolve our guilty Fame. Prior, Henry and Emma. His was harsh penance on St. Agnes' Eve: Another way he went, and soon among Rough ashes sat he for his soul's reprieve. Keats, Eve of St. Agnes, iii. 3. Eccles., sorrow for sin shown by outward acts under authority and regulation of the church; contrition manifested by confe ion and satisfaction and entitling to absolution; hence, absolution ensuing upon contrition and confe ion with satisfaction or purpose of satisfaction. Absolution has been given on these terms since primitive times in the church, and this ancient institution was afterward recognized as a sac alty, in case of violation, falsification, or the like: said of regulations, statements, etc.; subject, expose, or render liable to a penalty: said of persons. Also spelled penalise. A double standard of truth; one for the penalized and the other for the non - penalized statement. Contemporary Rev. , XLIX. 6. IMG:content-2601.png:[blocks in formation] Death is the penalty imposed. Spenser, State of Ireland. Milton, P. L., vii. 545. 2. The lo or burden to which a person subjects himself by covenant or agreement in case of the non-fulfilment of an obligation; the forfeiture or sum to be forfeited for non-payment, or for non-compliance with an agreement: as, the penalty stipulated in a bond. Penalties pro vided thus by contract may be either in addition to the original obligation, so that the creditor can ask both, or may be intended merely to fix the damages which he can ask in case of breach. The penalty and forfeit of my bond. Shak., M. of V., iv. 1. 207. 3. Money recoverable by virtue of a penal statute; a fine; a mulct. Such a one is carried about the Towne with a boord fastened to his neck, all be-hanged with Foxe-tailes, besides a penaltie according to his state in monie. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 300. Hence-4. The painful consequences which follow some particular course of action, or are invariably attached to some state or condition: as, the penalty of carele ne , or of riches; he paid the penalty of his rashne . He is not restrained, nor restrain eth himselfe from the IMG:content-2602.png:[blocks in formation] B. Taylor , Lands of the Saracen, p. 86. Small Penalties Act, an English statute of 1865 (28 and 29 Vict., c. 127) which prescribes imprisonment for stated terms upon non-payment of penalties imposed on summary convictions. churches. The sacrament of penance includes four parts: contrition, confe ion, satisfaction, and absolution. It is required that there should be a genuine and a super nat 4. The penalty or discipline imposed by the priest in the above sacrament. Ther penance was the i suld go in pilgrimage. Rob. of Erunne, p. 303. Go, sin no more! Thy penance o'er, A new and better life begin! God maketh thee forever free From the dominion of thy sin! Long fellow, Golden Legend, ii. Hence-5. Any act of austerity or asceticism practised with a religious religious motive.-6†. Suffering; sorrow; misery. His woful herte of penaunce hadde a li e. Chaucer , Franklin's Tale, 1. 510. 7. An instrument or means of self-punishment used by persons undergoing penance either inflicted or voluntary. Shirts of horsehair with the in ner surface rough and bristling, garments of sackcloth worn next the skin, and iron belts are frequently mentioned. A more unusual form is a garment composed of links of iron similar to chain-mail, but with the ends of the wires turned up and sharpened on the inner side. See scourge and flagellum. - To do penance. (a) To repent: obsolete except in the Douay version of the Bible, and in the usage of the Roman Catholic Church. Man, do penaunce whilis thou may, Lest sudeynli y take veniaunce: Do y not abide thee day bi day Bicause y wolde thou dide penaunce? Political Poems , etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 201. (6) To show one's self repentant by submitting to the pun ishment of censure or suffering. Thieves and murderers took upon them the cro to escape the gallows; adulterers did penance in their armour. Fuller , Holy War, i. 12. penance (pen'ans), v . t .; pret. and pp. penanced , ppr. penancing . [ Did I not respect your person, I might bring you upon your knees, and penance your indiscretion. Gentleman Instructed , p. 523. ( Daries ) I saw The pictured flames writhe round a penanc'd soul. Southey , Joan of Arc, iii. She seemed at once some penanc'd lady elf, Some demon's mistre , or the demon's self. IMG:content-2603.png:[blocks in formation] (e) Payable or forfeitable as a punishment, as on account of breach of contract, etc.: as, a penal sum. The execution leave to high disposal, And let another hand, not thine, exact Thy penal forfeit from thyself. Milton, S. A., 1. 508. Penal action, in Scots law, an action in which the conclusions of the summons are of a penal nature-that is, when extraordinary damages and reparation by way of penalty are claimed. - Penal bond. See bond1, 7.- Penal code, a code or system of laws relating to crimes and their punishment. - Penal laws, those laws which pro hibit an act and impose a penalty for the commi ion of it.-Penal servitude, a species of punishment in British criminal law, introduced in 1853 in lien of transportation, consisting in imprisonment with hard labor for a series of years, varying with the magnitude of the crime, at any of the penal establishments in Great Britain or in the British dominions beyond seas.