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Law::
preventive justice (that portion of law which reference to the direct prevention of offenses. It generally consists in obliging those persons , whom there is probable ground to suspect of future misbehavior, to give full assurance to the public that such offense as is apprehended shall not happen by finding pledges or securities to keep the peace, or for their good behavior.
فرهنگ تشریحی - کاربردی حقوق تالیف هرمز رشدیه