Imprisonment - Law Dictionary Search Results
habitual criminal
a specified kind (as felonies) and is thereby under some statutes subject to an increased penalty (as life imprisonment)
imprison
imprison : to confine in prison esp. as punishment for a crime compare false imprisonment im·pris·on·ment n
inveigle
kidnaps, abducts, or carries away and holds for ransom or reward or otherwise any person…shall be punished by imprisonment "U.S. Code"]
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writ of habeas corpus
a document filed as a means of testing the legality of a restraint on a person's liberty, usually imprisonment. The writ commands the officials who have custody of a prisoner to bring the prisoner before the court,
misdemeanor
severe punishment than a felony ;specif : a crime punishable by a fine and by a term of imprisonment not to be served in a penitentiary and not to exceed one year compare felony
penal law
penal law 1 : a law prescribing a penalty (as a fine or imprisonment) for one who violates it 2 : penal code
punishment
punishment 1 : the act of punishing 2 : a penalty (as a fine or imprisonment) inflicted on an offender through the judicial and esp. criminal process see also cruel and unusual punishment
regulatory offense
regulation that is not part of a criminal code and that carries the punishment of a fine or imprisonment : administrative crime called also regulatory crime
sentence
the exact length to be later determined (as by a parole board) life sentence : a sentence of imprisonment for the rest of the convicted defendant's life mandatory sentence : a sentence that is specifically required or
serve
been served with prior notice of a defect "Gene Mustain"] 3 : to put in (a term of imprisonment) [has served five years of her sentence]
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