detention pending trial

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• detention — de·ten·tion n 1: the act or fact of detaining or holding back; esp: a holding in custody 2: the state of being detained; esp: a period of temporary custody prior to a trial or hearing see also preventive detention Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of… …   Law dictionary

• DETENTION — In the Bible The Torah does not recognize the use of imprisonment as a punishment for criminal offenses (see imprisonment ), but it explicitly mentions the placing of a person in detention as part of the procedure of making a legal determination… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Detention (imprisonment) — Detention is the process when a state, government or citizen lawfully holds a person by removing their freedom of liberty at that time. This can be due to (pending) criminal charges being raised against the individual as part of a prosecution or… …   Wikipedia

• Detention of Maria Lourdes Afiuni — Judge María Lourdes Afiuni Mora is a Venezuelan who was 46 years old as of April 2010[1] and had served as a judge for eight years; she was head of the 31st Control Court of Caracas. In 2009 she was arrested on charges of corruption after… …   Wikipedia

• preventive detention — pre·ven·tive detention /pri ven tiv / n: detention of a defendant awaiting trial for the purpose of preventing further misconduct or protecting an individual or the public Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. preventive …   Law dictionary

• Pitcairn sexual assault trial of 2004 — On 30 September 2004, seven men living on Pitcairn Island (including Steve Christian, the Mayor), went on trial facing 55 charges relating to sexual offences. On 24 October, all but one of the defendants were found guilty on at least some of the… …   Wikipedia

• house of detention — noun an institution where juvenile offenders can be held temporarily (usually under the supervision of a juvenile court) • Syn: ↑detention home, ↑detention house, ↑detention camp • Hypernyms: ↑correctional institution * * * 1. : a place where… …   Useful english dictionary

• house of detention — house of detention: a place where prisoners and occasionally witnesses are detained pending a trial compare house of correction, jail, lockup, penitentiary, prison …   Law dictionary

• 1981 Turkish consulate attack in Paris — The 1981 Turkish consulate attack (also known as Van Operation[1]) was an attack on the Turkish consulate in Paris, France on September 24, 1981. Takeover The attack began about 11:30 a.m. when four members of Armenian Secret Army for the… …   Wikipedia

• Paul H. Lemmen — (born 13 July 1955, Port Huron, Michigan) is a military impostor and convicted criminal, specializing in fraud. To various acquaintainces, Lemmen claimed to have been an intelligence officer in the Irish Republican Army before coming to the… …   Wikipedia

• The Pendragons — Jonathan and Charlotte Pendragon were an award winning husband and wife team of American illusionists who called their work physical grand illusion . They are widely known thanks to numerous national and international television appearances.… …   Wikipedia