In crlmlnal law. Any pain, penalty, suffering, or confinement lnfllcted upon a person by the authority of the law and the judgment and sentence of a court, for some crime or offense committed hy him, or for hls omission of a duty enjoln-ed by law. See Cummlngs v. Missouri, 4 wall. 320, 18 L. Ed. 356; Featheretone v. People, 194 111. 325, 62 N. E. 684; Ex parte Howe, 26 or. 181, 37 Pac. 536; State v. Grant, 79 Mo. 129. 49 Am. Rep. 218
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
