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Such contractors are subject to California’s anti-price gouging law (penal code section 396), but for washing their walls, estimates for the four-bedroom Milton place began at $40,000.
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Thomas Elias, Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2025
Under the California penal code, second-degree murder covers all forms of murder which aren't intentional and premeditated.
—Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2025
The age of consent is 15, according to the country’s penal code.
—Caitlin Danaher, CNN, 22 Mar. 2025
The statute was then copied in penal codes throughout the British Empire.
—S. C. Cornell, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2025
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Thomas Elias, Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2025
Under the California penal code, second-degree murder covers all forms of murder which aren't intentional and premeditated.
—Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2025
The age of consent is 15, according to the country’s penal code.
—Caitlin Danaher, CNN, 22 Mar. 2025
The statute was then copied in penal codes throughout the British Empire.
—S. C. Cornell, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for penal code
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“Penal code.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/penal%20code. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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