dead time

Time that does not count for a particular purpose, such as time not included in calculating an employee’s wages or time not credited toward a prisoner’s sentence.

• The time during which a prisoner has escaped, for example, is not credited toward the prisoner’s sentence.

— Also termed nonrun time.

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