short-term sentence

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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

• short-termer — “+ə(r) noun Etymology: from the phrase short term + er : a person serving a short prison sentence * * * longˈ or shortˈ termer A person serving respectively a long or short prison sentence • • • Main Entry: ↑term …   Useful english dictionary

• short story — short story, adj. a piece of prose fiction, usually under 10,000 words. [1885 90] * * * Brief fictional prose narrative. It usually presents a single significant episode or scene involving a limited number of characters. The form encourages… …   Universalium

• Sentence — Sen tence, n. [F., from L. sententia, for sentientia, from sentire to discern by the senses and the mind, to feel, to think. See {Sense}, n., and cf. {Sentiensi}.] 1. Sense; meaning; significance. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Tales of best sentence and… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• short — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} adj. 1 not measuring much from one end to the other VERBS ▪ be, look, seem ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc …   Collocations dictionary

• Opening sentence — At the beginning of a written work stands the opening sentence. Considered most important ,[1] the opening sentence needs to entice the reader[2] and sets the subject, the tone and possibly the style for the whole work,[3] although this does not… …   Wikipedia

• Dark sentence — Sentence Sen tence, n. [F., from L. sententia, for sentientia, from sentire to discern by the senses and the mind, to feel, to think. See {Sense}, n., and cf. {Sentiensi}.] 1. Sense; meaning; significance. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Tales of best… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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

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

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

• indefinite term — A prison sentence for a specifically designated length of time up to a certain prescribed maximum, such as one to ten years or twenty five years to life. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. indefinite term …   Law dictionary