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Await [fr. awaiti, Wall., to watch, waiti, to look], the lying in wait to execute some mischief, See 13 Ric. 2, st. 2, by which no pardon is allowed for the death of a man slain by await....
custody
custody [Latin custodia, from custod- custos guardian] : care or control exercised by a person or authority over something or someone: as a : supervision and control over property that usually includes liability for damage that may occur b : care and maintenance of a child that includes the right to direct the child's activities and make decisions regarding the child's upbringing compare visitation joint custody : custody of a child shared by divorced or separated parents who alternate physical custody of and share in decisions regarding the child called also shared custody phys·i·cal custody : custody that includes sharing a residence with a child shared custody : joint custody in this entry sole custody : custody of a child awarded to only one person and usually to a parent tem·po·rary custody : custody awarded until a final judgment in a matter (as a divorce) is made c : official restraint on freedom (as by arrest or imprisonment or by release on bai...
jail
jail : a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody ;specif : 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 vt ...
pending
pending 1 : during the time of 2 : while awaiting : in the time preceding [held in escrow the outcome of the suit] [free trial] ...
preventive detention
preventive detention : detention of a defendant awaiting trial for the purpose of preventing further misconduct or protecting an individual or the public ...
prisoner
prisoner : a person deprived of liberty and kept under involuntary restraint, confinement, or custody ;esp : one under arrest, awaiting trial, on trial, or serving a prison sentence ...
Expect
To wait for to await...
Limbo
An spiritual region where certain classes of souls were supposed to await the last judgment...
Remain
To await to be left to...
Committal to prison
Committal to prison, if 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 the committal and such report upon the case, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 18, para 230, p. 95....
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