indeterminate sentencing. The practice of not imposing a definite term of confinement, but instead prescribing a range for the minimum and maximum term, leaving the precise term to be fixed in some other way, usu. based on the prisoner’s conduct and apparent rehabilitation while incarcerated. — Also termed indefinite sentencing. See indeterminate sentence under SENTENCE. […]
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penitentiary (pen-[schwa]-ten-sh[schwa]-ree), n. A correctional facility or other place of long-term confinement for convicted criminals; PRISON. [Cases: Prisons 1. C.J.S. Prisons and Rights of Prisoners §§ 2–3.] — penitentiary, adj.
detainer. 1. The action of detaining, withholding, or keeping something in one’s custody. forcible detainer. See FORCIBLE DETAINER. unlawful detainer. The unjustifiable retention of the possession of real property by one whose original entry was lawful, as when a tenant holds over after lease termination despite the landlord’s demand for possession. [Cases: Forcible Entry and
parole (p[schwa]-rohl), n. The release of a prisoner from imprisonment before the full sentence has been served. • Although not available under some sentences, parole is usu. granted for good behavior on the condition that the parolee regularly report to a supervising officer for a specified period. Cf. PARDON; PROBATION(1). [Cases: Pardon and Parole 41.
cadena (ka-day-n[schwa]). [Spanish “chain”] Spanish law. A period of imprisonment; formerly, confinement at hard labor while chained from waist to ankle. cadena perpetua (ka-day-n[schwa] p[schwa]r-pet-w[schwa]). Life imprisonment. cadena temporal (ka-day-n[schwa] tem-por-ahl). Imprisonment for a term less than life.
confined a. (1)被监禁的 (2)(保险法)受限制的；被困在家 该词用于疾病津贴保险单中，指某人因病被困在家，无力工作，但并不意味必须卧病在床。 (→close confinement; solitary confinement)
break, vb. 1. To violate or disobey (a law) (to break the law). 2. To nullify (a will) by court proceeding (Samson, the disinherited son, successfully broke the will). 3. To escape from (a place of confinement) without permission (break out of prison). 4. To open (a door, gate, etc.) and step through illegally (he
relegatio (rel-[schwa]-gay-shee-oh), n. [fr. Latin relegare “to send away”] Roman law. Temporary or permanent banishment of a condemned criminal from Rome and the criminal’s native province, without loss of citizenship or forfeiture of all the criminal’s property. Cf. DEPORTATIO. “Relegatio. The expulsion of a citizen ordered either by an administrative act of a magistrate or
In the federal sentencing guidelines, a sentence allowing a defendant to avoid incarceration through community or home confinement. — Also termed lateral sentencing. [Cases: Sentencing and Punishment 800–802. C.J.S. Criminal Law §§ 1479, 1483.]
keeplock sentencing 〈美〉禁闭刑 一种最轻的隔离惩罚方式，指将犯人每天23-24小时地关在牢房里，除了有限制的沐浴和活动时间外，禁止接触其他犯人并且不许工作和参加其他日常活动。区别于防备措施最为严格的各监区〔maximum security cellblock〕和单独禁闭〔solitary confinement〕。 (=padlock sentencing)
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