The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
sentence — The judgment formally pronounced by the court or judge upon the defendant after his conviction in a criminal prosecution, imposing the punishment to be inflicted, usually in the form of a fine, incarceration, or probation. See e.g. 18 U.S.C.A. No … Black's law dictionary
indefinite — I adjective alterable, ambiguous, ambiguus, amorphic, amorphous, barely seen, blurred, blurry, boundless, broad, changeable, cloudy, controvertible, cryptic, debatable, dim, doubtful, dubious, dubius, enigmatic, enigmatical, equivocal, evasive,… … Law dictionary
indefinite term — A prison sentence for a specifically designated length of time up to a certain prescribed maximum, such as one to ten years or twenty five years to life. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. indefinite term … Law dictionary
sentence — I n. judgment of a court 1) to impose, pass, pronounce (a) sentence 2) to carry out, execute a sentence 3) to serve (out) a sentence 4) to commute; reduce; suspend; vacate a sentence 5) a harsh, severe, stiff; light sentence 6) a death;… … Combinatory dictionary
indefinite imprisonment — The punishment of imprisonment prescribed by a sentence for crime, the term of which is fixed or rendered calculable by neither the sentence nor statute. 21 Am J2d Crim L § 534. A sentence prescribing imprisonment until a fine, the amount of… … Ballentine's law dictionary
Sentence (law) — Criminal procedure Criminal trials and convictions … Wikipedia
indefinite sentence — See indefinite imprisonment; indeterminate sentence … Ballentine's law dictionary
indefinite description — A phrase talking about a thing of a sort, or things that satisfy some description with no implication that just one thing does. The sentence ‘a man came here this morning’ contains the indefinite description ‘a man’. See definite description … Philosophy dictionary
indefinite sentence — noun : indeterminate sentence … Useful english dictionary
Deferred sentence — Criminal procedure Criminal trials and convictions … Wikipedia
