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Penal bill

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

Black's Law Dictionary

An instrument formerly in use, by which a party bound himself to pay a certain Bum or sums of money, or to do certain acts, or, in default thereof, to pay a certain specified sum by way of penalty; thence termed a "penal sum." These instruments have been superseded by the use of a band in a penal sum, with conditions.

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