penalty designations; names of punishments
A technical legal term referring to the classification or naming of criminal penalties, such as imprisonment, fines, or death penalty, as defined in statutes. Rare in everyday conversation.
The Penal Code stipulates penalty designations such as the death penalty and imprisonment.
Compound of 刑 (punishment, penalty) and 名 (name, designation). The term is used in legal contexts to refer to the formal names of punishments.