Book VI: Penal Sanctions (cc. 1311-1399) Flashcards
Delict
An externally manifest, gravely imputable, violation of a law to which is attached at least an indeterminate penalty.
Imputability
The degree to which an action is attributable to an actor that occurs when the actor acts freely and deliberately with a causal connection out of dolus or culpa.
Dolus
The deliberate intention to break a law (malice).
Culpa
The violation of a law out of ignorance or lack of due diligence.
Penalty
The personal deprivation of a good by the public authority of the Church.
Censure
A medicinal penalty intended to reform the offender that has no time limit and must be lifted when reform occurs [Excommunication, Interdict, Suspension].
Expiatory Penalty
A penalty intended to restore justice and repair scandal that need not be lifted if reform occurs. [Order, Prohibition, Deprivation, Dismissal from Clerical State]
Penal Remedy
Preemptive actions to prevent an actor from violating the law.
Prescription
The extinguishing of criminal action after a certain amount of time.
Penance
An imposition, that is not a penalty, in the internal or external forum, for the completion of a work of religion, piety, or charity so as to promote repentance and reform.
Determinate Penalty
The law establishes the specific penalty for a delict.
Indeterminate Penalty
The competent authority can determine the penalty for a delict.
Semi-Determinate Penalty
The law establishes a set of penalties from which the competent authority can choose.
Mixed Penalty
A combination of determinate, indeterminate and/or semi-determinate penalties.
Pascite Gregem Dei
The Apostolic Constitution that established the new Book VI.
