suspended probation

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• Probation — is the suspension of all or part of a jail sentence; the criminal who is on probation has been convicted of a crime, but instead of serving jail time, has been found by the Court to be amenable to probation and will be returned to the community… …   Wikipedia

• Probation officer — Probation officers and parole officers function as agents or officers of the courts.Probation and Parole in the United StatesIn the United States, there can be probation officers in the city, county, state or federal level wherever there is a… …   Wikipedia

• probation — pro·ba·tion /prō bā shən/ n [Middle French, critical examination and evaluation, from Latin probation probatio, from probare to test, approve, prove] 1 a: subjection to a period of evaluation and possible termination at the commencement of… …   Law dictionary

• suspended prison sentence — probation, imprisoning the accused only if he performs a similar act again …   English contemporary dictionary

• Suspended sentence — A suspended sentence is a legal construct. Unless a minimum punishment is prescribed by law, the court has the power to suspend the passing of sentence (generally for a period of three years) and place the offender on probation. It is the passing …   Wikipedia

• probation — probational, probationary /proh bay sheuh ner ee/, adj. probationship, n. /proh bay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of testing. 2. the testing or trial of a person s conduct, character, qualifications, or the like. 3. the state or period of such testing… …   Universalium

• probation officer — An officer, usually attached to a juvenile court, who is charged with the care of juvenile delinquents, and in some jurisdictions with the superintendence of convicts who are at large on probation or suspended sentence …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• suspended imprisonment — on probation, suspended prison sentence …   English contemporary dictionary

• suspended sentence — on probation …   English contemporary dictionary

• probation — A trial or test, particularly of the fitness of a person for a position. Also a period for the observance of a person under a suspended sentence for crime with reference to the advisability of giving him opportunity to resume his place in society …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• United States federal probation and supervised release — The life cycle of federal supervision for a defendant. United States federal probation and supervised release are imposed at sentencing. The difference between probation and supervised release is that the former is imposed as a substitute for… …   Wikipedia