Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality of being punishable; liability to punishment.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The characteristic of being
punishable ; the ability to bepunished .
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Examples
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This can be traced to the Confucius teaching of 'the non-punishability of the authority' 刑不上大夫-礼记, and of course conveniently defended by those in power, especially those who do not deserve to be in power.
Misnomer of the legalist Shang Yang, and how to fix the mess in China's legal system Sun Bin 2005
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This can be traced to the Confucius teaching of 'the non-punishability of the authority' 刑不上大夫-礼记, and of course conveniently defended by those in power, especially those who do not deserve to be in power.
Archive 2005-09-01 Sun Bin 2005
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