point system

point system
A system provided by statute or regulation in some jurisdictions for the purpose of singling out habitual or persistent motor-vehicle-law violators, whereby points are charged against a driver's record for violation, and his license suspended or revoked upon his accumulating a specified number of such points. 7 Am J2d Auto § 112.

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