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imprison : to confine in prison esp. as punishment for a crime compare false imprisonment im·pris·on·ment n ...
Term, imprisonment for life and imprisonment for a term
Term, imprisonment for life and imprisonment for a term, the word 'term' does not necessarily imply a concept of ascertainability or conveys a sense of certainty. s. 53, 53-A(4) and (b), 57 or 65 IPC do not militate against this conclusion, nor the words 'for a term which may extend to one half of the imprisonment for life' in s. 511, IPC support this conclusion. The expressions 'imprisonment for life' and 'imprisonment for a term' are not used either in the Penal Code or in the Criminal Procedure Code in contradistinction with each other, Bhagirath v. Delhi Administration, AIR 1985 SC 1050 (1052): (1985) 2 SCC 580: (1985) 3 SCR 743....
Rigorous imprisonment for life
Rigorous imprisonment for life, means if a portion of the period of transportation for life is to be treated as sentence of rigorous imprisonment for the same term, naturally, the entire transportation period is to be treated as 'rigorous imprisonment for life', Mohd. Munna v. Union of India, (2005) 7 SCC 417....
Imprisonment for a term
Imprisonment for a term, imprisonment for a term means imprisonment for a definite or fixed period, Kartar Singh v. State of Haryana, AIR 1982 SC 1439 (1442): (1982) 3 SCC I....
False imprisonment
False imprisonment, restraining personal liberty without lawful authority, for which offence the law has not only decreed a punishment as a public crime, but has also given a private reparation to the party as well by removing the actual confinement for the present by habeas corpus, as by subjecting the wrongdoer to an action of trespass, etc., usually called an action of false imprisonment, on account of the damage sustained by the loss of time and liberty. It must amount to a total restraint of the plaintiff's liberty for some period, however short, see Bird v. Jones, (1845) 7 QB 742. As to the persons liable, see Walters v. W.H. Smith & Son, Ltd., (1914) 1 KB 595; Herd v. Weardale Steel Co., 1915 AC 67. The onus of proving the defence of reasonable or probable cause lies on the defendant. An action for false imprisonment must not be confused with one for malicious prosecution where the onus of proving absence of reasonable and probable cause lies on the plaintiff, Sewell v. National...
Wrongous Imprisonment
Wrongous Imprisonment, false imprisonment, Scots term....
Sentenced to imprisonment
Sentenced to imprisonment, the words 'sentenced to imprisonment' occurring after the words 'convicted by a competent court' in the second proviso do not mean 'condemned to prison on conviction', State of Maharashtra v. Chandrabhan, AIR 1983 SC 803 (808): (1983) 3 SCC 387: (1983) 3 SCR 337....
Imprisoner
One who imprisons...
imprisonment
imprisonment a term in prison served by an offender as part of a criminal sentence. Source: Federal Judicial Center ...
false imprisonment
false imprisonment : the tort of intentionally restraining another by physical force or the threat of physical force without privilege or authority see also false arrest at arrest ...
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