Imprisonment definitions

Imprisonment

1) Captivity 2) Confinement 3) Custody 4) Detention 5) French word used in English 6) Incarceration 7) Internment 8) Penalisation 9) Penalization 10) Penalty 11) Punishment 12) The state of being imprisoned
Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/imprisonment

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Imprisonment

1) Captivity 2) Custody 3) Durance 4) Immurement 5) Incarceration 6) Internment 7) Lockdown 8) Prison
Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/imprisonment

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Imprisonment

In English law, imprisonment is the restraint of a person`s liberty. The book Termes de la Ley contains the following definition: This passage was approved by Atkin and Duke LJJ in Meering v Grahame White Aviation Co. It is not imprisonment to prevent a person from proceeding along a particular way if it is possible for him to reach his intended ....
Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imprisonment

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imprisonment

(from the article `crime`) ...Serious offenses are handled by the courts, which were reformed in 1996 to make them more adversarial and to give the defense counsel more ... Incarceration of the suspect before trial most seriously impairs the preparation of an effective defense. Nevertheless, all legal systems permit ... ...the growth...
Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/i/13

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imprisonment

until the Penitentiary Act of 1779, imprisonment was rarely used as a punishment after conviction; gaols (other than debtors' gaols) were primarily used to hold prisoners awaiting trial for no more than a few months; but see also *house of correction
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21814

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Imprisonment

A penalty imposed by a court under which the individual is confined to an institution, 18 USC
Found on http://www.lectlaw.com/def/i016.htm

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imprisonment

[n] - putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment 2. [n] - the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)
Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=imprisonment

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imprisonment

incarceration noun the state of being imprisoned; `he was held in captivity until he died`; `the imprisonment of captured soldiers`; `his ignominious incarceration in the local jail`; `he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeo...
Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974

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imprisonment

internment noun the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)
Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974

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imprisonment

the act of confining someone in a prison
Found on https://www.vocabulary.com/lists/310903

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