Changes

==Etymology==

==Etymology==

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] amonicioun, from Anglo-French amonicion, from [[Latin]] admonition-, admonitio, from admonēre

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] amonicioun, from Anglo-French amonicion, from [[Latin]] admonition-, admonitio, from admonēre

*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century]

*Date: [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Century 14th century]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1 : [[gentle]] or friendly reproof

*1 : [[gentle]] or friendly reproof

*2 : [[counsel]] or warning against fault or oversight

*2 : [[counsel]] or warning against fault or oversight

==Description==

==Description==

'''Admonition''' (or "being admonished") is a [[punishment]] under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scots_law Scots law]  when an offender has been found [[guilty]] but is neither imprisoned nor fined but receives a verbal [[warning]] and is afterwards set free; the [[conviction]] is still recorded. This can be [[compared]] to an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conditional_discharge absolute discharge] where a conviction is not recorded.

'''Admonition''' (or "being admonished") is a [[punishment]] under [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scots_law Scots law]  when an offender has been found [[guilty]] but is neither imprisoned nor fined but receives a verbal [[warning]] and is afterwards set free; the [[conviction]] is still recorded. This can be [[compared]] to an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conditional_discharge absolute discharge] where a conviction is not recorded.

It is usually the result of either the strict [[application]] of [[law]] where no real wrong has been [[cause]]d or where other [[circumstances]] (e.g. time already spent in [[custody]] or attending [[court]]) make further [[punishment]] unjust in the circumstances specific to the case involved.

It is usually the result of either the strict [[application]] of [[law]] where no real wrong has been [[cause]]d or where other [[circumstances]] (e.g. time already spent in [[custody]] or attending [[court]]) make further [[punishment]] unjust in the circumstances specific to the case involved.

==Reference==

==Reference==

Jacqueline Tombs (2004). A [[unique]] punishment Sentencing and the Prison Population in Scotland. Scottish Consortium on Crime & Criminal Justice. p. 76. http://www.scccj.org.uk/documents/A_Unique_Punishment.pdf. "Admonition – means that the offender receives a warning from the court and a conviction."

Jacqueline Tombs (2004). A [[unique]] punishment Sentencing and the Prison Population in Scotland. Scottish Consortium on Crime & Criminal Justice. p. 76. https://www.scccj.org.uk/documents/A_Unique_Punishment.pdf. "Admonition – means that the offender receives a warning from the court and a conviction."

[[Category: Law]]

[[Category: Law]]