house arrest

house arrest
Confinement to one's home or another specified location instead of incarceration in a jail or prison.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


house arrest
Confinement to one's home or another specified location instead of incarceration in a jail or prison.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

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  • House Arrest (M*A*S*H) — House Arrest is the 18th episode in the third season of M*A*S*H (TV Series). It originally broadcast on February 4, 1975. Plot overviewIn the OR Margaret is not performing up to par and is continuously chided by Hawkeye. Margaret admits that she… …   Wikipedia

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  • house arrest — house ar.rest n be under house arrest to be kept as a prisoner by a government, staying inside your house rather than in a prison …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • house arrest — house ar,rest noun uncount be under house arrest to be officially prevented from leaving your home, usually because you have been accused of a political crime …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • house arrest — ► NOUN ▪ the state of being kept as a prisoner in one s own house …   English terms dictionary

  • house arrest — house′ arrest n. confinement of an arrested person to his or her home or to a public place, as a hospital, instead of a jail • Etymology: 1935–40 …   From formal English to slang

  • house arrest — n. detention, often under guard, of an arrested person in that person s own home, a hospital, etc …   English World dictionary

  • House arrest — For other uses, see House arrest (disambiguation). In justice and law, house arrest (also called home confinement, home detention, or electronic monitoring) is a measure by which a person is confined by the authorities to his or her residence.… …   Wikipedia

  • house arrest — noun confinement to your own home • Hypernyms: ↑confinement * * * noun [noncount] law : the condition of being forced to stay in your home rather than in prison as a form of punishment often used with under He was placed under house arrest until… …   Useful english dictionary

  • House Arrest — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel: Hausarrest Originaltitel: House Arrest Produktionsland: USA Erscheinungsjahr: 1996 Länge: 109 Minuten Originalsprache: Englisch …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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