Latae sententiae and ferendae sententiae

Latae sententiae (Latin for 'of a judgment having been brought') and ferendae sententiae ('of a judgment having to be brought') are ways sentences are imposed in the Catholic Church in its canon law. A latae sententiae penalty is a penalty the liability for which is imposed ipso facto, automatically, by force of the law itself, at the very moment a law is contravened; the fact that the offender is subject to the penalty is thus axiomatic.

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