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. […]
reduction of sentence 减刑 甚至可宣告缓刑。(→good behavior)
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recognizance (ri-kog-n[schwa]-z[schwa]nts). 1. A bond or obligation, made in court, by which a person promises to perform some act or observe some condition, such as to appear when called, to pay a debt, or to keep the peace; specif., an in-court acknowledgment of an obligation in a penal sum, conditioned on the performance or nonperformance
time. 1. A measure of duration. 2. A point in or period of duration at or during which something is alleged to have occurred. 3. Slang. A convicted criminal’s period of incarceration. dead time. Time that does not count for a particular purpose, such as time not included in calculating an employee’s wages or time
republic, n. A system of government in which the people hold sovereign power and elect representatives who exercise that power. • It contrasts on the one hand with a pure democracy, in which the people or community as an organized whole wield the sovereign power of government, and on the other with the rule of
de pace et legalitate tenenda (dee pay-see et l[schwa]-gal-[schwa]-tay-tee t[schwa]-nen-d[schwa]). [Latin] Hist. A writ for keeping the peace and adherence to the laws (or good behavior). — Also termed de pace et legalitate tuenda.
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laudatio (law-day-shee-oh), n. [Latin] Roman law. Court testimony concerning an accused person’s good behavior and integrity of life. • This testimony resembles the practice in modern criminal trials of calling persons to speak favorably about a defendant’s character. Pl. laudationes (law-day-shee-oh-neez).
quamdiu bene se gesserint (kwam-dee-yoo bee-nee see jes-[schwa]r-int). [Law Latin] As long as they shall conduct themselves properly. • This term refers to the holding of an office, specif. the Act of Settlement, 1700, ch. 2, which provided that a judge’s tenure was no longer at the king’s pleasure, but could continue until death or
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supplicavit (s[schwa]p-li-kay-vit). Hist. A writ issued by the King’s Bench or Chancery for taking sureties of the peace, obligating a person to be on good behavior for a specified period. • It is commonly directed to the justices of the peace who are hesitant to intervene in their judicial capacities. See surety of the peace