Penal vs Judicial - What's the difference?
penal | judicial |
Of or relating to punishment.
Subject to punishment; punishable.
Serving as a place of punishment.
Of or relating to a court of law, or to the administration of justice.
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As adjectives the difference between penal and judicial
is that penal is of or relating to punishment while judicial is of or relating to a court of law, or to the administration of justice.As a noun judicial is
that branch of government which is responsible for maintaining the courts of law and for the administration of justice.penal
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Alternative forms
* * * (l) (obsolete) * (archaic) * (obsolete)Adjective
(-)- penal servitude
- a penal offence
- a penal colony
Anagrams
* ----judicial
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Adjective
(en adjective)Can China clean up fast enough?, passage=It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits.}}