Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Deterrent

n. Something that impedes; something that prevents <a deterrent to crime>. deterrent danger See DANGER.

deterrent danger

An obvious danger that an occupier of land creates to discourage trespassers, such as a barbed-wire fence or spikes on the top of a wall.

deterrent punishment

Punishment the purpose of which is to deter others from committing crimes by making an example of the offender so that like-minded people are warned of the consequences of crime.