Cruel and unusual punishment
Dictionary:
Ballentine's Law Dictionary One so disproportioned to the offense as to shock the sense of the community, or not known to the common law. See 25 Hun (N. Y.), 546.
Publisher:
The Bobbs-Merrill Company
Year Published:
1916
Copyright Year:
1916
Copyright Holder:
Bancroft-Whitney Company
Genre:
Law Dictionary