good behavior

good behavior.

1. A standard by which judges are considered fit to continue their tenure. [Cases: Judges

7. C.J.S. Judges §§ 21–24, 27–29.]

2. Orderly conduct, which in the context of penal law allows a prisoner to reduce the time spent in prison. Cf. good time under TIME. [Cases: Prisons 15; Sentencing and Punishment 1966. C.J.S. Criminal Law §§ 1556, 1560–1562; Prisons and Rights of Prisoners § 153.]

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