Poena
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Kinney (1893), Anderson (1889), Stimson (1881)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Punishment.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
2. Punishment; a penalty; also, it would seem, damages. Poena ex delicto defuncti h^eres teneri non debet: the heir ought not to be bound by a penalty arising out of the wrongful act of the deceased. Poena snos tenere debet actores [auctores] et non alios: punishment ought to bind its own authors [those who have caused In old English law. pccnniaria: pecuniary of the pillory. In the civil law.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
I. Punishment, penalty; damages. Poena oorporalis: corporal punishment. Poenalis: penal. '