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penitentiary imprisonment

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  • penitentiary — pen·i·ten·tia·ry /ˌpe nə ten chə rē/ n pl ries: a state or federal prison for the punishment and reformation of convicted felons compare house of correction, house of detention, jail …   Law dictionary

  • penitentiary — [pen΄i ten′shə rē] adj. [ML penitentiarius, poenitentiarius (form and meaning infl. by assoc. with L poena: see PENAL) < L paenitentia < paenitens,PENITENT] 1. of or for penance 2. used in punishing, disciplining, and reforming 3. making… …   English World dictionary

  • penitentiary — /pen i ten sheuh ree/, n., pl. penitentiaries, adj. n. 1. a place for imprisonment, reformatory discipline, or punishment, esp. a prison maintained in the U.S. by a state or the federal government for serious offenders. 2. Rom. Cath. Ch. a… …   Universalium

  • penitentiary — /pɛnəˈtɛnʃəri / (say penuh tenshuhree) noun (plural penitentiaries) 1. Roman Catholic Church a. a cleric appointed by a bishop to administer the sacrament of penance in cases of a kind which would normally be dealt with by the bishop or by the… …  

  • penitentiary — pen•i•ten•tia•ry [[t]ˌpɛn ɪˈtɛn ʃə ri[/t]] n. pl. ries, adj. 1) a place for imprisonment, reformatory discipline, or punishment, esp., in the U.S., a state or federal institution for serious offenders 2) rel a tribunal in the Curia Romana,… …   From formal English to slang

  • Penitentiary Act — The Penitentiary Act was a British Act of Parliament passed in 1779 which introduced state prisons for the first time. The Act was drafted by the prison reformer John Howard and the jurist William Blackstone and recommended imprisonment as an… …   Wikipedia

  • penitentiary — A place of imprisonment in which convicts sentenced to hard labor are confined by authority of law. 41 Am J1st Pris & P § 2. In some jurisdictions, a county or other local prison, as distinguished from a state prison; a prison for confinement… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • History of life imprisonment — In the history of life imprisonment or life incarceration, where all or most of a person s remaining life is spent imprisoned, its purpose has chiefly been as an alternative to the death penalty or exile. The phrase life without parole is… …   Wikipedia

  • Louisiana State Penitentiary — For similarly named locales, see Angola (disambiguation). Angola   Unincorporated community   Louisiana State Penitentiary …   Wikipedia

  • National Penitentiary Institute (Peru) — National Penitentiary Institute Instituto Nacional Penitenciario Abbreviation INPE Badge of the National Penitentiary Institute of Peru Motto Mantenimiento del Ord …   Wikipedia

  • place of imprisonment — index penitentiary Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

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