preventive detention

Confinement imposed usu. on a criminal defendant who has threatened to escape, poses a risk of harm, or has otherwise violated the law while awaiting trial, or on a mentally ill person who may cause harm.

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双语律师Denise，知名法学院国际私法专业，擅长翻译各类与国际争议解决相关的法律文件。