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CORPORAL PUNISHMENT Definition & Legal Meaning

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Physical punishment as distinguished from pecuniary punishment or a fine; any kind of punishment of or inflicted on the body, such as whipping or the pillory; the term may or may not include imprisonment, according to the context. Ritchie v. People, 22 Colo. 251, 43 Pac. 1026; People v. Winchell. 7 Cow. (N. Y.) 525, note

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