Latvian

Nāvessods (Francijā)

Alternative forms

• nāves sods

Noun

nāvessods m (1st declension)

1. death penalty, capital punishment (the legal killing of a condemned criminal by the state as punishment for his or her crimes)

   mūsdienu Latvijā nāvessods nav piemērojams‎ ― in modern Latvia the death penalty is not applied

   decembrī, Valmieras pamalē, Karātavu kalnā, izpildīja lauka karatiesas piespriestos nāvessodus vienpadsmit komunistiem un komjauniešiem‎ ― in December, in the outskirts of Valmiera, on Karatāvu hill, (they) carried out the death penalties, ordered by military tribunal, of eleven communists and Komosomol members

Declension

Related terms

• nāvēt
• nāvīgs
• nāvinieks, nāviniece