Penalty (golf) In the sport of golf, a penalty or penalty stroke is an additional stroke or strokes added to a player's score for an infraction of the rules. In match play, rather than adding strokes, the usual penalty is loss of the hole except for penalties asse ...
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Penalty (gridiron football)
In gridiron football, a penalty is a sanction assessed against a team for a violation of the rules, called a foul. Officials initially signal penalties by tossing a bright yellow colored penalty flag onto the field toward or at the spot of a fou ...
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Penalty (ice hockey)
A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for an infringement of the rules. Most penalties are enforced by sending the offending player to a penalty box for a set number of minutes. During the penalty the player may not participate in play. Penaltie ...
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Penalty (rugby)
In rugby football, the penalty is the main disciplinary sanction available to the referee to penalise players who commit deliberate infringements. The team who did not commit the infringement are given possession of the ball and may either kick it ...
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Penalty (rugby union)
A penalty in rugby union is the main disciplinary sanction available to the referee to penalise a team who commit deliberate infringements. The team who did not commit the infringement are given possession of the ball and they may either kick it to ...
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Penalty kick (association football)
A penalty kick (commonly known as a penalty or a spot kick) is a method of restarting play in association football, in which a player is allowed to take a single shot at the goal while it is defended only by the opposing team's goalkeeper. It i ...
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Penalty shoot-out (association football)
A penalty shoot-out (officially kicks from the penalty mark) is a tie-breaking method in association football to determine which team is awarded victory in a match that cannot end in a draw, when the score is tied after the normal time as well ...
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Penalty (sports manufacturer)
Penalty () is a Brazilian sporting goods manufacturer established in 1970 in Sao Paulo. The brand is operated by its owner and creator, Grupo Cambucci.''The Penalty'' (1920 film), an American crime film starring Lon Chaney
* ''The Penalty'' (1941 film), an American crime film
* ''Penalty'' (2019 film), an Indian sports film
* ''The Penalty'' (novel), a 2006 sports novel for children by Mal Peet
Other uses
* Penalty (Mormonism), an oath made during the original Nauvoo Endowment ceremony of the Latter Day Saint movement
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Penalty (contract)
Penalties in English law are contractual terms which are not enforceable in the courts because of their penal character. Since at least 1720''Peachy v Duke of Somerset'' (1720) 1 Strange 447. it has been accepted as a matter of English contra ...
, a type of contractual clause
* Penalty Records, a record label
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Sentence (law)
In law, a sentence is the punishment for a crime ordered by a trial court after conviction in a criminal procedure, normally at the conclusion of a trial. A sentence may consist of imprisonment, a fine, or other sanctions. Sentences for multipl ...