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Imprisonment or
incarceration is the
restraint of a person's
liberty for any
cause whatsoever,
whether by
authority of the government, or by a
person acting...
- Life
imprisonment is any
sentence of
imprisonment under which the
convicted individual is to
remain incarcerated for the rest of
their natural life (or...
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False imprisonment or
unlawful imprisonment occurs when a
person intentionally restricts another person's
movement within any area
without legal authority...
- In the
United States, life
imprisonment is the most
severe punishment provided by law in
states with no
valid capital punishment statute, and second-most...
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Indefinite imprisonment or
indeterminate imprisonment is the
imposition of a
sentence of
imprisonment with no
definite period of time set
during sentencing...
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subject to the
Bailie of the Park, who had power, in
certain cases, to
imprison them himself, in the
Abbey Jail. Ιmprisonment for debts,
whether to the...
- In
England and Wales, life
imprisonment is a
sentence that
lasts until the
death of the prisoner,
although in most
cases the
prisoner will be eligible...
- from Latin:
reclusio perpetua, lit. 'permanent
imprisonment') is a type of
sentence of
imprisonment in the Philippines, Argentina, and
several other...
- Life
imprisonment (Irish: príosúnacht bheatha) in
Ireland may last for the
natural life of the convict.
While life
imprisonment is the most
severe penalty...
- of the
death penalty in the
Netherlands in 1870, life
imprisonment specifically means imprisonment lasting for the rest of the
convicted person's life without...
