penal servitude

penal servitude

noun English Criminal Law.
imprisonment together with hard labor.

Origin:
1855–60
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penal servitude
 
n
English criminal law Compare hard labour (formerly) the imprisonment of an offender and his subjection to hard labour. It was substituted for transportation in 1853 and abolished in 1948

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