Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Criminalization
n.1. The act or an instance of making a previously lawful act criminal, usu. by passing a statute. Cf. DECRIMINALIZATION; CIVILIZATION. 2. The process by which a person develops into a criminal. - criminalize, ub.
Decriminalization
n. The legislative act or process of legalizing an illegal act <many doctors seek the decriminalization of euthanasia. - decriminalize, ub. Cf. CRIMINALIZATION (1).