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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
capital punishment
–noun
punishment by death for a crime; death penalty.
[Origin: 1575–85]
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capital punishment  
n.   The penalty of death for the commission of a crime.

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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capital punishment

noun
putting a condemned person to death [syn: execution] 

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capital punishment

The death penalty for a crime.


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capital punishment

The infliction of the death penalty as punishment for certain crimes. (See capital offense.)

Note: In the United States, capital punishment has been an extremely controversial issue on legal, moral, and ethical grounds. In 1972, the Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty was not, in principle, cruel and unusual punishment (and not, therefore, unconstitutional), but that its implementation through existing state laws was unconstitutional. In 1976, the Supreme Court again ruled that the death penalty was not unconstitutional, though a mandatory death penalty for any crime was. Thirty-nine states now practice the death penalty.

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Main Entry: capital punishment
Function: noun
: DEATH PENALTY

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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