Repeat Offender - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: repeat offenderrepeat offender
repeat offender : a person who has been convicted of a crime on more than one occasion ...
career offender
career offender : a habitual or repeat criminal ;esp : an offender with two or more prior convictions for violent or drug-related crimes called also career criminal NOTE: Under federal sentencing guidelines career offenders are given maximum sentences. ...
offender
offender : one that commits an offense [a repeat ] ...
Recidivist
Recidivist, means one who has been convicted of multiple criminal offences, usually similar in nature, a repeat offender - Also termed habitual offender, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1276...
Three-strikes law
Three-strikes law, means a statute prescribing an enhanced sentence, especially life imprisonment for a repeat offender's third felony conviction, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1490....
Repeating
Doing the same thing over again accomplishing a given result many times in succession as a repeating firearm a repeating watch...
youthful offender
youthful offender : a young person (as one within a statutorily specified age range) who commits a crime but is granted special status entitling him or her to a more lenient punishment (as one involving probation or confinement in a special youth correctional facility) than would otherwise be available compare juvenile delinquent, status offender NOTE: Young individuals who are no longer juveniles may be categorized as youthful offenders. Youthful offender treatment is generally designed to free a young person from the negative consequences of being convicted and punished as an adult, in the hope that he or she will be rehabilitated. Factors in the determination of youthful offender status include the crime and the criminal history of the individual. ...
Repeat
The act of repeating repetition...
Repeater
One who or that which repeats...
Defendant
Defendant [Deft. Abbrev.], the person sued in an action, or indicted for a misdemeanour.It includes--(i) any person from or through whom a defendant derives his liability to be sued.(ii)any person whose estate is represented by the defendant as executor, administrator or other representative. [Limitation Act, 1963 (36 of 1963), s. 2 (e)]...
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