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holding
possessed usually used in pl. [an increase in the company's s] adj : intended for temporary custody or detention [a facility] [a cell]
imprison
imprison : to confine in prison esp. as punishment for a crime compare false imprisonment im·pris·on·ment n
Parole
sentence, but is a substitution, during continuance of parole, of lower grade of punishment by confinement in legal custody and under control of warden within specified prison bounds outside the prison, for confinement within the prison adjudged
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Prison
persons are confined or restrained of personal liberty hence a place or state ounr confinement restraint or safe custody
house of correction
persons who have committed minor offenses and who are considered capable of reformation are confined compare house of detention, jail, lockup, penitentiary, prison
Prison
Prison, a place of confinement for the safe custody of persons; a gaol, 3 Steph. Com. The erection, maintenance and regulation of prisons are provided for by
Compelling reasons
Compelling reasons, the expression 'compelling reasons' in the contest of making an order for detention of a person already in custody implies that there must be cogent material before the detaining authority on
escape
escape es·caped es·cap·ing : to depart from lawful custody with the intent of avoiding confinement or the administration of justice n 1 : an act or instance
Jail
A kind of prison a building for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding
Gaoler
Gaoler, the master or keeper of a prison; one who has the custody of a place where prisoners are confined. See Prison Rules, 1899, Chit. Stat., tit. 'Prisons.'
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