expiration of a sentence

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• expiration — I noun cessation, close, closing, closure, completion, conclusion, consummation, death, discontinuance, discontinuation, dissolution, dying, end, ending, expiry, exspiratio, finish, limit, period, retirement, running out, stop, stoppage, term,… …   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

• expiration — Synonyms and related words: Aqua Lung, Z, annihilation, apodosis, artificial respiration, aspiration, asthmatic wheeze, bane, biological death, breath, breath of air, breathing, broken wind, catastrophe, ceasing, cessation, cessation of life,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• cumulative sentence — see sentence Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. cumulative sentence …   Law dictionary

• accumulative sentence — A sentence a court s formal pronouncement of the legal consequences of a person s conviction of a crime additional to others, imposed on a defendant who has been convicted upon an indictment containing several counts, each charging a distinct… …   Law dictionary

• cumulative sentence — Any sentence which is to take effect after the expiration of a prior sentence; also known as from and after sentence. See also sentence …   Black's law dictionary

• cumulative sentence — Any sentence which is to take effect after the expiration of a prior sentence; also known as from and after sentence. See also sentence …   Black's law dictionary

• accumulative sentence — A sentence, additional to others, imposed on a defendant who has been convicted upon an indictment containing several counts, each of such counts charging a distinct offense, or who is under conviction at the same time for several distinct… …   Black's law dictionary

• accumulative sentence — A sentence, additional to others, imposed on a defendant who has been convicted upon an indictment containing several counts, each of such counts charging a distinct offense, or who is under conviction at the same time for several distinct… …   Black's law dictionary

• parole — parolable, adj. /peuh rohl /, n., v., paroled, paroling, adj. n. 1. Penol. a. the conditional release of a person from prison prior to the end of the maximum sentence imposed. b. such release or its duration. c. an official document authorizing… …   Universalium

• 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