Repeat Offender - Law Dictionary Search Results

repeat offender

repeat offender : a person who has been convicted of a crime

Recidivist

convicted of multiple criminal offences, usually similar in nature, a repeat offender - Also termed habitual offender, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.,

career offender

career offender : a habitual or repeat criminal ;esp : an offender with two or more prior

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Three-strikes law

statute prescribing an enhanced sentence, especially life imprisonment for a repeat offender's third felony conviction, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1490.

and provides some reassurance that the offence will not be repeated, thus repairing the psychological harm suffered by the victim as … is taken to mean the making of amends by an offender to his victim, or to victims of crime generally, and

Distringas

of execution to compel defendant to deliver the goods by repeated distresses of his chattels; or a scire facias might be … be thus stated:- (1) a distringas to compel appearance, where defendant had a place of residence within England or Wales. The

dangerous

animal] ;also : deadly 3 : likely to engage in repeated criminal activity [a offender] NOTE: The activity that an offender

battered woman's syndrome

woman's syndrome : the psychological symptoms suffered by a woman repeatedly abused by a mate (as a husband) NOTE: Battered woman's … Evidence of repeated abuse is used to show that the defendant acted in self-defense even though the threat or danger was

Battered Woman's syndrome

Woman's syndrome, means the psycho-logical symptoms buffered by a woman repeatedly abused by a mate (as a husband), Battered Woman's syndrome … Evidence of repeated abuse is used to show that the defendant acted in self-defence even though the threat or danger was

offender

offender : one that commits an offense [a repeat ]

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