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Corporal punishment

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

Physical punishment as distinguished from pecuniary punishment or a fine; any kind of punishment of or inflicted on the body, such as whipping or the pillory ; the term may or may not include imprisonment, according to the context.

Ritchey v. People, 22 Colo. 251, 43 Pae, 1026; People v. Winchell, 7 Cow. (N. Y.) 525, note.