Admonition
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889), Bouvier (1839)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A reprimand from a judge to a person accused, on being discharged, warning him of the consequences of his conduct, and intimating to him that, should he be guilty of the same fault for which he has been admonished, he will be punished with greater severity. Merlin, Report. The admonition was authorized as a species of punishment for slight misdemeanors. ■ A caution by the court to jurors as to the rules for their conduct while hearing or deliberating on a case.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A reprimand from a judge to a person accused, on being discharged, warning him of the consequences of his conduct, and intimating to him that, should he be guilty of the same fault for which he has been admonished, he will be punished with greater severity. Merlin, Rtpert. The admonition was authorized as a species of punishment for slight misdemeanors.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In ecclesiastical law, this is the lightest form of punishment, consisting in a reprimand and warning administered by the judge to the defendant. If the latter does not obey the admonition, he may be more severely punished, as by suspension, etc.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
i A judicial reprimand to an accused person about to be discharged. Whence admonitory.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
is a reprimand from a judge to a person accused, on being discharged, warning him of the consequences of his conduct, and intimating to him that should he be guilty of the same fault for which he has been admonished, he will be punished with greater severity. Merlin, Répert. h. t. The admonition was authorised by the civil law, asa species of punishment for slight misdemeanors.