investigative detention
The holding of a suspect without formal arrest during the investigation of the suspect’s participation in a crime. • Detention of this kind is constitutional only if probable cause exists.
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preventive detention
preventive detention 预防性监禁 指审判前为防止刑事被告人逃跑或有其它违法行为而予以羁押；也指为防止精神病人伤害自己或他人而加以禁闭看管。在英国，法院有权加长惯犯的刑期，以保护公众免受罪犯侵害。 (→commitment; preventive justice)
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detention hearing
detention hearing 〈美〉 (1)拘留听审 少年法庭为确定对被指控有犯罪行为的青少年在案件审理期间是否拘留、继续关押或予以释放而举行的听审。 (2)收容保护听审法庭为确定在对父母有疏忽、虐待或犯罪行为的控告举行充分的庭审之前是否应将未成年子女从其父母身边带走以给予保护而进行的听审。此种听审通常应在收容保护请求〔detention request〕提出后的24小时内举行。
detention request
detention request 〈美〉收容保护请求 由缓刑监督官〔probation officer〕、社会福利工作者或检察官向少年法院或家事法院的书记官提交的请求举行收容保护听审〔detention hearing〕和将未成年子女收容保护至庭审日的文件。该请求通常应在对未成年子女采取收容保护措施后的48小时内提出。
detention
detention n. (1)拘留；扣留；阻止；滞留 如警察认为某人有参与犯罪活动的嫌疑时，可进行拦阻并询问。亦指某人在举行听审或开庭审判前被暂时拘留的状况。 (2)(对财产的)留置；占有 如僱员对僱主财产的占有，而不考虑其是否有合法的占有权。 (3)〈英〉(对青少年犯的)收容教养(→detention center)
detention in a reformatory
detention in a reformatory. A juvenile offender’s sentence of being sent to a reformatory school for some period. [Cases: Infants 223. 1.]
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nuda detentio
nuda detentio (n[y]oo-d[schwa] di-ten-shee-oh). [Latin] See possessio naturalis under POSSESSIO.
conversion by detention
Conversion by detaining property in a way that is adverse to the owner or other lawful possessor. • The mere possession of property without title is not conversion. The defendant must have shown an intention to keep it in defiance of the owner or lawful possessor. [Cases: Trover and Conversion 6. C.J.S. Trover and Conversion
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detention center
detention center 〈英〉感化中心 根据1952年《监狱法》〔Prison Act〕的规定，对年龄在14岁至21岁之间的青少年犯根据其年龄和具体情况给予适当的短期惩罚并提供教育和培训的场所。现已为1988年的《刑事司法法》〔Criminal Justice Act〕规定的少年犯教养所〔young offender institution〕取代。
detention
detention, n. 1. The act or fact of holding a person in custody; confinement or compulsory delay. — detain, vb. investigative detention. The holding of a suspect without formal arrest during the investigation of the suspect’s participation in a crime. • Detention of this kind is constitutional only if probable cause exists. pretrial detention. 1.