imposition of sentence

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• sentence — The judgment formally pronounced by the court or judge upon the defendant after his conviction in a criminal prosecution, imposing the punishment to be inflicted, usually in the form of a fine, incarceration, or probation. See e.g. 18 U.S.C.A. No …   Black's law dictionary

• Imposition of Hands — • A symbolical ceremony by which one intends to communicate to another some favour, quality or excellence (principally of a spiritual kind), or to depute another to some office Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Imposition of Hands      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• sentence — sen·tence 1 / sent əns, ənz/ n [Old French, opinion, judicial sentence, from Latin sententia, ultimately from sentire to feel, think, express an opinion] 1: a judgment formally pronouncing the punishment to be inflicted on one convicted of a… …   Law dictionary

• sentence — sentencer, n. /sen tns/, n., v., sentenced, sentencing. n. 1. Gram. a grammatical unit of one or more words, bearing minimal syntactic relation to the words that precede or follow it, often preceded and followed in speech by pauses, having one of …   Universalium

• suspension of sentence — The suspension of imposition of sentence after conviction or plea of guilty for determinate and reasonable period. 21 Am J2d Crim L § 552. Postponement of the judgment of the court temporarily or indefinitely, the conviction and the disabilities… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• In absentia — is Latin for in the absence . In legal use it usually pertains to a defendant s right to be present in court proceedings. In absentia under United States lawFor more than 100 years, courts in the United States have held that, according to the… …   Wikipedia

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