criminal law
noun
the laws of a state or country dealing with criminal offenses and their punishments.
Origin of criminal law
First recorded in 1580–90
Words nearby criminal law
Example sentences from the Web for criminal law
A commission would not be helpful, he argues, and he has made plain his aversion to any form of criminal-law accountability.
The Criminal-law Amendment act was the great triumph of 1885.
British Dictionary definitions for criminal law
criminal law
noun
the body of law dealing with the constitution of offences and the punishment of offenders