legal penalties
Consequences from judges
Legal penalties are punishments imposed by law for violations—fines, imprisonment, probation, or other sanctions.
The phrase appears in statutes, contracts, and warnings: The legal penalties for tax evasion include substantial fines and prison time.
Distinguished from informal consequences, legal penalties carry the authority of courts and government enforcement.
- finesMonetary sanctions or particles
- imprisonmentLegal detention in jail
- jail timePeriod of imprisonment
- mandatory minimumLegally required lowest sentence
- three strikesConsecutive misses retiring batter
victim compensation · debarment · probation · suspended sentence · license suspension · injunctions · restraining order · parole · house arrest · rescission · community service · license revocation · punitive damages · juvenile detention · plea deal · asset forfeiture · gavel · verdict
- drug policynarcotics, drug reform, drug enforcement, drug policy, decriminalization
- alcohol harmalcohol abuse, alcohol dependence, alcohol dependency, alcohol poisoning, binge drinking
- counterfeitingcounterfeit currency, counterfeit bills, counterfeit cash, fake money, fake bills
- enforcementenforcement actions, crackdown, fines, enforcement agencies, clampdown
- protest rightspeaceful assembly, right to protest, assembly rights, protest rights, free assembly
- Ancient Punishmentsamputation, blinding, castration, hamstringing
legal penaltiesrewards
Benefits given for merit
incentives · bounties · benefits · subsidies · grants
legal penaltiesacquittals
Verdicts freeing defendants
acquittal · exoneration · not guilty verdict · vindication · dismissal
legal penaltieslegal immunity
Protection from prosecution
immunity · impunity · legal rights · legal protections · exemptions