criminal_law has definitions from the fields of law,criminal law
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[ noun ] (law,criminal law) the body of law dealing with crimes and their punishment

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(U.S. Reports. Volume 364. Cases Adjudged in the...)

While it is easy enough to ridicule Hawkins ' pronouncement in Pleas_of_the_Crown from a metaphysical point_of_view , the concept of the `` oneness '' of a married_couple may reflect an abiding belief that the communion between husband and wife is such_that their actions are not always to be regarded by the criminal_law as if there were no marriage .

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