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- phrase law The
principle that aperson shall receive nopunishment unless he has committed anoffence as explicitly defined in alaw .
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From Latin: nūlla (feminine form of nūllus, “not any”) + poena ("penalty”, “punishment") + sine ("without") + lēge (ablative singular form of lēx, “a law”) = “no punishment without a law”.
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