刑けい名めい

noun

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.

• 刑けい法ほうには、死し刑けいや懲ちょう役えきなどの刑けい名めいが定さだめられている。

  The Penal Code stipulates penalty designations such as the death penalty and imprisonment.