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n.A sentence served simultaneously with another sentence.
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concurrent sentence — see sentence Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. concurrent sentence … Law dictionary
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
sentence — sen·tence 1 / sent əns, ənz/ n [Old French, opinion, judicial sentence, from Latin sententia, ultimately from sentire to feel, think, express an opinion] 1: a judgment formally pronouncing the punishment to be inflicted on one convicted of a… … Law dictionary
concurrent — con·cur·rent /kən kər ənt/ adj 1: occurring, arising, or operating at the same time often in relationship, conjunction, association, or cooperation the power of taxation in the general and state governments is acknowledged to be concurrent… … Law dictionary
concurrent — 01. The murderer is serving two [concurrent] life sentences. 02. The movie is being premiered [concurrently] in three different film festivals. 03. [Concurrent] with his pop music career, Paul McCartney has also written an opera and a book of… … Grammatical examples in English
Sentence (law) — Criminal procedure Criminal trials and convictions … Wikipedia
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
concurrent — [[t]kənkʌ̱rənt, AM kɜ͟ːr [/t]] ADJ: usu ADJ n, also v link ADJ with n, v link ADJ Concurrent events or situations happen at the same time. Galerie St. Etienne is holding three concurrent exhibitions... He will actually be serving three concurrent … English dictionary
concurrent — /kənˈkʌrənt / (say kuhn kuruhnt), /kəŋ / (say kuhng ) adjective 1. occurring or existing together or side by side. 2. acting in conjunction; cooperating. 3. Law (of a sentence) to be served at the same time as another sentence. 4. having equal… …
concurrent sentence — /kənkʌrənt ˈsɛntəns/ (say kuhnkuruhnt sentuhns) noun a sentence of imprisonment to be served at the same time as another sentence (opposed to accumulative sentence) …
