carcer (kahr-s[schwa]r), n. [Latin “jail, prison”] Hist. A prison or jail, esp. one used to detain rather than punish. • Carcer, as used in English law and Roman law, usu. referred to a jail used as a place of detention during trial or after sentence pending execution, rather than as a place of punishment. The […]
O.R.abbr. Own recognizance; on one’s own recognizance (the prosecutor agreed not to object to releasing the suspect O.R.). See RECOGNIZANCE; RELEASE ON RECOGNIZANCE . [Cases: Bail 40. C.J.S. Bail; Release and Detention Pending Proceedings§ 8.]
undertaking, n. 1. A promise, pledge, or engagement. [Cases: Undertakings 1. C.J.S. Undertakings § 1.] 2. A bail bond. [Cases: Bail 54. C.J.S. Bail; Release and Detention Pending Proceedings§§ 93, 106.]
Civil law. The exercise of physical detention or control over a thing, as by occupying a building or cultivating farmland. • Natural possession may be had without title, and may give rise to a claim of unlawful possession or a claim of ownership by acquisitive prescription. The term “natural possession” has been replaced by the
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false imprisonment. A restraint of a person in a bounded area without justification or consent. • False imprisonment is a common-law misdemeanor and a tort. It applies to private as well as governmental detention. Cf. false arrest under ARREST. [Cases: False Imprisonment 2.] “[In the phrase false imprisonment,] false is … used not in the
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Federal Bureau of Prisons. The U.S. government unit responsible for the custody and care of federal offenders, whether incarcerated in federal correctional and detention centers or in state-run or privately operated facilities. • The Bureau was established in 1930 to centralize federal-prison administration and ensure consistency in prison operations.
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core rights. 1. Human rights that are generally recognized and accepted throughout the world. • These rights include freedom from extrajudicial execution, torture, and arbitrary arrest and detention. Core rights are embodied in many human-rights conventions, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the International Covenant
A bond or deposit of money given to secure the release of a person arrested for failing to pay a court-ordered civil debt. • The bail is conditioned on the payment of the debt. [Cases: Bail 1. C.J.S. Bail; Release and Detention Pending Proceedings§§ 2, 191.]
Actual possession that may or may not be recognized by law. • For example, an employee’s possession of an employer’s property is for some purposes not legally considered possession, the term detention or custody being used instead. — Also termed possessio naturalis.
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imprisonment for debt. Hist. Detention of a debtor by court order to force the debtor to pay certain civil obligations. • The remedy was usu. available only when the debt arose from nonpayment of taxes or fines owed to the Crown, or from the debtor’s failure to pay court-ordered support or alimony, or from the
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