indeterminate confinement

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• indeterminate conditional release — Type of release from penal confinement after fulfillment of conditions but subject to revocation for breach of conditions of release. See also parole …   Black's law dictionary

• indeterminate conditional release — Type of release from penal confinement after fulfillment of conditions but subject to revocation for breach of conditions of release. See also parole …   Black's law dictionary

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• 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 — 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

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