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Await
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Remain
To await to be left to
Expect
To wait for to await
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Limbo
An spiritual region where certain classes of souls were supposed to await the last judgment
Committal to prison
the Magistrate commits the fugitive criminal to prison he must commit him, subject to any appeal there to await the secretary of state's warrant for his surrender, and must send the secretary of state a certificate of
Indictment
is usual to proceed before justices of the peace for commitment of the alleged offender to prison to await his trial at Assizes (see that title) or Quarter Sessions (see SESSIONS OF THE PEACE), or for his
Uses
the tenant-in-tail could bar it. (8) Every remainder, at the Common Law, must be limited, so as to await the determination of the particular estate, before it can take effect in possession: but an abridgment of the
custody
to be entitled to habeas corpus protection. preventive custody : custody of a person (as a criminal defendant awaiting trial) for the purpose of preventing further possible dangerous or criminal behavior pro·tec·tive custody : physical custody of
jail
such a place under the jurisdiction of a local government (as a county) for the confinement of persons awaiting trial or those convicted of minor crimes compare house of correction, house of detention, lockup, penitentiary, prison jail
pending
pending 1 : during the time of 2 : while awaiting : in the time preceding [held in escrow the outcome of the suit] [free trial]
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