Punishable
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Liable to punishment, whether absolutely, or in the exercise of a judicial discretion. In a statute concerning murder perpetrated in the commission of any crime punishable with imprisonment for life, the word is not restricted to offences which must in all cases be so punished, but includes offences for which the court is authorized to sentence to imprisonment for life, or for a term of years.
Commonwealth v. Pemberton, 118 Mass. 36.
See also Felony.