criminal law

See also: criminal-law

English

Noun

criminal law (countable and uncountable, plural criminal laws)

(law) The area of law pertaining to crime and punishment.
(law) A specific statute, ordinance, regulation, or other source of law that deems an action to be a crime.

Coordinate terms

civil law

Translations

area of law

Afrikaans: strafreg
Armenian: քրեական իրավունք (hy) (kʿreakan iravunkʿ)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 刑法 (zh) (xíngfǎ), 刑事法 (zh) (xíngshìfǎ)
Czech: trestní právo n
Danish: strafferet c
Dutch: strafrecht (nl) n
Finnish: rikosoikeus (fi)
French: droit pénal (fr) m, droit criminel m
German: Strafrecht (de) n
Hindi: अपराधिक कानून (aprādhik kānūn)
Icelandic: hegningarlög n pl, refsilög n pl, refsiréttur m
Indonesian: hukum pidana (id)

Interlingua: derecto criminal
Italian: diritto penale (it)
Japanese: 刑法 (ja) (けいほう keihō)
Korean: 형법 (hyeongbeop) (刑法 (ko))
Norwegian:
Bokmål: strafferett m

Nynorsk: strafferett m
Portuguese: direito penal (pt) m, direito criminal m
Romanian: dreptul penal
Russian: уголо́вное пра́во n (ugolóvnoje právo)
Spanish: derecho penal m
Swedish: straffrätt
Vietnamese: luật hình sự

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