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sentence
I noun adjudication, award of punishment, censure, conviction, decision, declaration of penalty, decree of punishment, decretum, determination, determined punishment, doom, edict, formally pronounced judgment, judicium, order of penalty, order of the court, penalty, prescribed punishment, pronouncement, punishment, ruling, verdict associated concepts: concurrent sentences, consecutive sentences, cumulative sentences, excessive sentence, indeterminative sentence, life sentence, presentence hearing, suspended sentence II verb adjudge, bring in a verdict, commit, condemn, condemnare, convict, damnare, decide, declare guilty of an offense, decree, determine, find, find guilty, hold, immure, impose penalty, imprison, inflict penalty, multare, order, pass judgment upon, prescribe punishment, pronounce guilty, pronounce judgment, proscribe, reprobate associated concepts: presentence report III index adjudge, adjudication, clause, condemn (punish), condemnation (punishment), convict, conviction (finding of guilt), decide, decree, determination, discipline (punish), finding, holding (ruling of a court), judge, judgment (formal court decree), opinion (judicial decision), penalize, penalty, punish, ruling, verdict

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


sentence
n.
The punishment given by the court to a criminal defendant who has been found guilty of a crime.
v.
sentence

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


sentence
Punishment in a criminal case. A sentence can range from a fine and community service to life imprisonment or death. For most crimes, the sentence is chosen by the trial judge; the jury chooses the sentence only in a capital case, when it must choose between life in prison without parole and death.
Category: Criminal Law
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Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. . 2009.


sentence
1 n. The pronouncement of punishment by a court following a criminal defendant having been found guilty of a crime.
2 v. The handing down of a term of punishment by a court.
@ cumulative sentences
@ concurrent sentences
Two or more periods of incarceration time that are to be served simultaneously. Concurrent sentences have the effect of being a single period of confinement, with the longer one being the limit; for example, a person sentenced to serve concurrent sentences of ten and twelve years concurrently will serve a maximum of twelve years.
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@ conditional discharge sentence
The person is given no confinement, as long as she performs or does not perform certain specified acts. Failure to follow sentencing provisions may result in confinement after a hearing.
See also probation.
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@ consecutive sentences
Two or more periods of incarceration time that are to be served in succession. Consecutive sentences have the effect of being the sum of the periods of confinement named, so a person sentenced to serve consecutive sentences of ten and twelve years will serve a maximum of twenty-two years.
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@ deferred sentence
A sentence that will not be imposed unless the defendant fails to fulfill the conditions of probation.
@ determinate sentence
A sentence of confinement for a specific length of time rather than for an unspecified period.
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@ extended sentence
An infliction of a more severe period of confinement than is normal for an offense because the perpetrator is a repeat or habitual offender, or where there is a perception that the offender represents a continuing danger to society.
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@ indeterminate sentence
A sentence of an unspecified duration, such as from 10 to 25 years, or one that a parole board can reduce after the statutory minimum has been served.
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@ mandatory sentence
A sentence spelled out by law and over which the judge has no discretionary power to tailor to the person being sentenced.
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@ split sentence
A sentence in which there is enough of a period of confinement to give the wrongdoer a taste of imprisonment, followed by a period of probation, with the second usually being the longer part of the term.
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@ suspended sentence
=> conditional discharge sentence.
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Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.


sentence
The punishment ordered by a court for a defendant convicted of a crime. (See concurrent and consecutive sentences.)

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  • Sentence — Sen tence, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sentenced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sentencing}.] 1. To pass or pronounce judgment upon; to doom; to condemn to punishment; to prescribe the punishment of. [1913 Webster] Nature herself is sentenced in your doom. Dryden.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • SENTENCE — s. f. Dit mémorable, apophthegme, maxime qui renferme un grand sens, une belle moralité. Les proverbes de Salomon sont autant de sentences. Un discours plein de sentences. Le style de Sénèque est rempli de sentences. Une des plus belles sentences …   Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • SENTENCE — n. f. Apophtegme, maxime, opinion exprimée d’une manière dogmatique. Les proverbes de Salomon sont autant de sentences. Le style de Sénèque est rempli de sentences. Une des plus belles sentences des anciens. Fam., Ne parler que par sentences,… …   Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • sentence — sentencer, n. /sen tns/, n., v., sentenced, sentencing. n. 1. Gram. a grammatical unit of one or more words, bearing minimal syntactic relation to the words that precede or follow it, often preceded and followed in speech by pauses, having one of …   Universalium

  • sentence — ˈsentəns 1. сущ. 1) а) приговор, осуждение, обвинительное заключение to commute, reduce a sentence ≈ смягчать приговор, сократить срок наказания to get off with a light sentence ≈ …   Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь

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