flat time
A prison term that is to be served without the benefit of time-reduction allowances for good behavior and the like.
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life sentence
A sentence that imprisons the convicted criminal for life — though in some jurisdictions the prisoner may become eligible for release on good behavior, rehabilitation, or the like. [Cases: Sentencing and Punishment 1020, 1055. C.J.S. Criminal Law § 1468.]
suspicious character
suspicious character. In some states, a person who is strongly suspected or known to be a habitual criminal and therefore may be arrested or required to give security for good behavior.
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frankpledge
frankpledge. Hist. A promise given to the sovereign by a group of ten freeholders (a tithing) ensuring the group’s good conduct. • The frankpledge was of Saxon origin, but continued after the Norman Conquest. The members of the group were not liable for an injury caused by an offending member, but they did act as
hedonistic utilitarianism
The theory that the validity of a law should be measured by determining the extent to which it would promote the greatest happiness to the greatest number of citizens. • This theory is found most prominently in the work of Jeremy Bentham, whose “Benthamite utilitarianism” greatly influenced legal reform in 19th-century Britain. Hedonistic utilitarianism generally
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abearance
abearance ([schwa]-bair-[schwa]nts), n. Archaic. Behavior; conduct. “The other species of recognizance, with sureties, is for the good abearance, or good behaviour. This includes security for the peace ….” 4 William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England 253 (1769).
rent seeking
rent-seeking, n. Economic behavior motivated by an incentive to overproduce goods that will yield a return greater than the cost of production. • The term is often used in the field of law and economics. See RENT(4).
utilitarianism
utilitarianism. The philosophical and economic doctrine that the best social policy is that which does the most good for the greatest number of people; esp., an ethical theory that judges the rightness or wrongness of actions according to the pleasure they create or the pain they inflict and recommending whatever action creates the greatest good