Penal bill
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
The old name for a bond with condition by which a person is bound to pay a certain sum of money or do a certain act, or, in default thereof, pay a certain sum of money by way of penalty. Jacob, aw Diet. Bill.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
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 These instruments have been superseded by the use of a band in a penal sum, with conditions. Brown.
Defined under Penal in Black's Law Dictionary.