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Culpae Poena Par Esto

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

Let the punishment be proportioned to the crime. Branch, Princ.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Let the punishment fit the crime.