Admonition

Admonition

for the author of a poem titled "Admonition".

Admonition (or "being admonished") is a punishment under Scots law when an offender has been found guilty but is neither imprisoned nor fined but receives a verbal warning and is afterwards set free. The conviction is still recorded.

It is usually the result of either the strict application of law where no real wrong has been caused or where other circumstances (e.g. time already spent in custody or attending court) make further punishment unjust in the circumstances specific to the case involved.

References

http://www.scccj.org.uk/documents/A_Unique_Punishment.pdf - footnote 43


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  • admonition — [ admɔnisjɔ̃ ] n. f. • amonition XIIe; lat. ecclés. et jurid. admonitio « avertissement » ♦ Dr. ou relig. Admonestation (de l autorité judiciaire ou ecclésiastique). ♢ Littér. Réprimande, avertissement sévère. « trop enclin à regimber contre les… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • admonition — I noun admonishment, advance notice, advice, alarm, animadversion, caution, caveat, censure, commonition, contraindication, contrariety, contrary advice, counsel, dehortation, deprecation, dissuasion, exhortation, expostulation, foreboding,… …   Law dictionary

  • Admonition — Ad mo*ni tion, n. [OE. amonicioun, OF. amonition, F. admonition, fr. L. admonitio, fr. admonere. See {Admonish}.] Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against a fault or error; expression of authoritative advice; friendly caution or warning.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • admonition — (n.) late 14c., amonicioun reminding, instruction, from O.Fr. amonicion admonition, exhortation, from L. admonitionem (nom. admonitio), noun of action from pp. stem of admonere (see ADMONISH (Cf. admonish)). Meaning warning is early 15c. The d… …   Etymology dictionary

  • admonition — [n1] caution advice, apprisal, counsel, forewarning, warning; concepts 78,274 admonition [n2] scolding berating, dressing down*, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reproval, talking to*, upbraiding; concepts 44,52 …   New thesaurus

  • admonition — [ad΄mə nish′ən] n. [ME amonicioun < OFr amonition, admonition < L admonitio < admonere: see ADMONISH] 1. an admonishing, or warning to correct some fault 2. a mild rebuke; reprimand …   English World dictionary

  • Admonition — (v. lat.), 1) Erinnerung an eine Pflicht; bes. 2) Ermahnung, welche vor der Ablegung eines Eides an den Schwörenden ergeht, keinen Meineid zu schwören; 3) Ermahnung, welche an einen Schüler von dem Lehrer od. an einen Geistlichen von seinem… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Admonition — Admonition, Ermahnung, admoniren, ermahnen …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • admonition — ADMONITION. s. f. Action d admonéter, avertissement. Après plusieurs admonitions. Après deux ou trois admonitions …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • admonition — Admonition, Monitum, vel Monitio, Admonitio. Recevoir les admonitions qu on nous fait, Locum admonitionibus relinquere …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • admonition — Admonition. s. f. Avertissement. Il n a guere d usage qu en parlant des remontrances secretes qu un pere peut faire à son fils, & un Directeur à son penitent. Aprés diverses admonitions …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

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