penal measure
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Definitions from Case Law
From 329 U.S. 223 - Federal Communications Commission v. Woko, Inc. · 1946Most cited · 552 citing opinions
A denial of an application for a license because of the insufficiency or deliberate falsity of the information lawfully required to be furnished is not a penal measure. It may hurt and it may cause loss, but it is not made illegal, arbitrary or capricious by that fact.