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- 1 What is a penitentiary sentence?
- 2 What is the significance of the word penitentiary?
- 3 What does the word penitentiary mean in English?
- 4 What’s the difference between jail and detention center?
- 5 What is the meaning of Prosion?
- 6 What is penitentiary in Tagalog?
- 7 How often does a person have to report to a penitentiary?
- 8 Who was the man who died in a prison?
What is a penitentiary sentence?
Imprisonment. Imprisonment is the most serious sentence under our legal system because it deprives a person of their freedom. The Court may sentence a person convicted of an offence to jail. An offender sentenced to two years or more usually serves the sentence in a federal penitentiary.
What is the significance of the word penitentiary?
A penitentiary is a prison, especially a state or federal prison in the United States or Canada. Penitentiaries typically house criminals who have committed major crimes. The word is often used in formal contexts. Example: If convicted, your client is facing a life sentence in a federal penitentiary.
What is the synonym of penitentiary?
penitentiary. prison. prison camp. prisoner-of-war camp. slammer.
What part of speech is penitentiary?
noun
penitentiary
| part of speech: | noun |
|---|---|
| inflections: | penitentiaries |
| definition: | a prison for people who have been found guilty of serious crimes. He served a sentence of twenty years in the state penitentiary. |
| related words: | jail, prison |
What does the word penitentiary mean in English?
Legal Definition of penitentiary : a state or federal prison for the punishment and reformation of convicted felons — compare house of correction, house of detention, jail, lockup. More from Merriam-Webster on penitentiary. Nglish: Translation of penitentiary for Spanish Speakers.
What’s the difference between jail and detention center?
Generally, it can be said that jails are smaller facilities that usually belongs to the local (county level) authorities even though there are still jails that are covered by state and federal control. Detention centers, in general, are larger facilities that are often regional to national in scope or coverage.
What does jail stand for?
| JAIL | Judicial Accountability Initiative Law Governmental » Law & Legal — and more… |
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| JAIL | Judicial Accountability Integrity Legislation Governmental » Law & Legal |
| JAIL | Judicial Accountability And Integrity Legislation Governmental » US Government |
| JAIL | Jestly Artificial Intelligent Language Computing » General Computing |
What is the difference between a jail and a penitentiary?
Jail and Prison are often used interchangeably, but they serve different purposes. The key difference: jails are intended for short sentences and temporary confinement while prisons are for felony sentencing longer than a year.
What is the meaning of Prosion?
1 : a state of confinement or captivity. 2 : a place of confinement especially for lawbreakers specifically : an institution (such as one under state jurisdiction) for confinement of persons convicted of serious crimes — compare jail. prison. verb.
What is penitentiary in Tagalog?
Translation for word Penitentiary in Tagalog is : bilangguan.
What do you mean chaos?
1a : a state of utter confusion the blackout caused chaos throughout the city. b : a confused mass or mixture a chaos of television antennas.
What is the dictionary definition of a penitentiary?
Definition of penitentiary (Entry 2 of 2) 1 : penitential. 2 : of, relating to, or incurring confinement in a penitentiary.
How often does a person have to report to a penitentiary?
— NBC News, 14 June 2021 The penitentiary service says that while recuperating in Germany last year, Mr. Navalny failed to report to it twice a month, as required by the court. — New York Times, 17 Jan. 2021 These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word ‘penitentiary.’
Who was the man who died in a prison?
— Aritz Parra, Renata Brito, Barry Hatton, Anchorage Daily News, 23 June 2021 Security guards at the Brians 2 penitentiary found McAfee dead in his cell on Wednesday; in a statement provided to the Associated Press, the Catalan government indicated that McAfee died by suicide.