Prisonment - Law Dictionary Search Results
Captive
A prisoner taken by force or stratagem esp by an enemy in war one kept in bondage or in the
Captivate
To take prisoner to capture to subdue
Calaboose
A prison a jail
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parolee
parolee : a prisoner released on parole
Bail
or become bail for his due appearance when required, in order that he may be safely protected from prison, to which they have, if they fear his escape, etc., the legal power to deliver him. Means a
Parole
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 by the court, Jenkins v. Madigan CA Ind,
Escape
this all but obsolete, and the sheriff is expressly discharged from any liability by s. 31 of the Prison Act, 1877, repealed and re-enacted by s. 16, sub-s. 2, and s. 39 of the (English) Sheriffs Act,
Arraign
aresner, aregnir, arraigner, Old Fr., i.e., ad rationem ponere, Lat., to call one to account], to bring a prisoner to the bar of the Court to answer the matter charged upon him in the indictment. The arraignment
Jail liberties
Jail liberties, means bounds within which a jail or prison lies and throughout which certain prisoners are allowed to move freely, usu. after giving bond for the liberties.
bail
bail [Anglo-French, act of handing over, delivery of a prisoner into someone's custody in exchange for security, from bailler to hand over, entrust, from Old French, from Latin
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