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noun
A vigorous reprimand.
is a specific kind of: rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval.
A former English law requiring mobs to disperse after a magistrate reads the law to them.
is a specific kind of: law.
is a part of: criminal law.
domain category: jurisprudence, law.
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