Comminatory definitions

Comminatory

1) Denunciative 2) Denunciatory 3) Inculpative 4) Inculpatory
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In law, a comminatory is a clause inserted into a law, edict, patent, etc., describing a punishment that is to be imposed on delinquents, which, however, is not in practice executed with the rigor that is conveyed in the description, or not even executed at all. Thus, in some countries, when an exile is enjoined not to return on pain of death, it ...
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Comminatory

• (a.) Threatening or denouncing punishment; as, comminatory terms.
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Comminatory

Com·min'a·to'ry adjective [ Confer French comminatoire .] Threatening or denouncing punishment; as, comminatory terms. B. Jonson.
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