indeterminate sentence of imprisonment

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

• indeterminate sentence — Criminal Law. a penalty, imposed by a court, that has relatively wide limits or no limits, as one of imprisonment for one to ten years. [1870 75] * * * ▪ law       in law, term of imprisonment with no definite duration within a prescribed maximum …   Universalium

• indeterminate sentence — noun : a punitive sentence that fixes the term or amount of punishment only within certain limits and leaves the exact term or amount of punishment to be determined by administrative authorities * * * Criminal Law. a penalty, imposed by a court,… …   Useful english dictionary

• indeterminate sentence — A sentence imposed for a crime, not for a precise period of time, but in terms of a minimum period and a maximum period of imprisonment as provided by statute for the particular offense. 21 Am J2d Crim L § 540 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• indeterminate sentence — /ɪndəˈtɜmənət ˌsɛntəns/ (say induh termuhnuht .sentuhns) noun a penalty imposed by a court which has relatively wide limits or no limits, as imprisonment for one to ten years …  

• 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

• Imprisonment for public protection — In the United Kingdom,[clarification needed] Indeterminate Public Protection prison sentences (also known as Imprisonment for Public Protection or an IPP) are a form of indeterminate sentence.[1][2] They are intended to protect the public against …   Wikipedia

• sentence — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 group of words ADJECTIVE ▪ long, short ▪ Try to keep your sentences short. ▪ complete, whole ▪ broken …   Collocations dictionary

• Life imprisonment — or life incarceration is a sentence of imprisonment for a serious crime, often for most or even all of the criminal s remaining life, but in fact for a period which varies between jurisdictions: many countries have a maximum possible period of… …   Wikipedia

• 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