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sentencing — index commitment (confinement), conviction (finding of guilt) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
sentencing — /ˈsɛntn̩sıŋ/ noun [noncount] He will return to the court on Wednesday for sentencing. • • • Main Entry: ↑sentence … Useful english dictionary
sentencing — sen·tenc·ing (sĕnʹtən sĭng) adj. 1. Relating to a judicial sentence: sentencing guidelines for juvenile defendants. 2. Being or relating to the one who pronounces a judicial sentence: “Prosecutors and sentencing judges alike try to deal with… … Universalium
sentencing — 1. adjective Relating to a judicial sentence. There were no sentencing guidelines for this crime. 2. noun The act of pronouncing a judicial sentence on someone convicted of a crime. After the verdict, the sentencing was not delayed … Wiktionary
Sentencing — Sentence Sen tence, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sentenced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sentencing}.] 1. To pass or pronounce judgment upon; to doom; to condemn to punishment; to prescribe the punishment of. [1913 Webster] Nature herself is sentenced in your doom … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sentencing disparity — is defined as a form of unequal treatment (in sentencing) that is of often unexplained cause and is at least incongrous, unfair and disadvantaging in consequence. [ [http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record id=101 page=9 Alfred Blumstein, et al… … Wikipedia
sentencing guidelines — sentencing guide·lines / gīd ˌlīnz/ n pl: a set of rules for computing sentences that is promulgated by a commission on sentencing and that typically provides classifications (as of offenses or offenders), scales (as of severity of crimes), and… … Law dictionary
Sentencing (The Wire episode) — Infobox The Wire episode caption = episode name = Sentencing episode no = 13 epigraph = All in the game. Traditional West Baltimore teleplay = story = writer = David Simon and Ed Burns director = Tim Van Patten guest star = see below prod code =… … Wikipedia
sentencing council — A panel of three or more judges which confers to determine a criminal sentence. Sentencing councils are not as commonly used as sentencing by a trial judge @ sentencing guidelines Guidelines established by the U.S. Sentencing Commission to be… … Black's law dictionary
Sentencing Guidelines Council — The Sentencing Guidelines Council is a Non Departmental Public Body of the UK, created by s.167 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003. It gives authoritative guidance on sentencing to the courts of England and Wales.ConstitutionThe Council is chaired… … Wikipedia
