(redirected fromSentence (law)) Wikipedia concurrent sentence n. when a criminal defendant is convicted of two or more crimes, a judge sentences him/her to a certain period of time for each crime. Then out of compassion, leniency, plea bargaining, or the fact that the several crimes are in...
sentence-final particle similar to 了[le5], but carrying a tone of approval Example Usage 判决Trad.判決 pàn jué judgment (by a court of law) to pass judgment on tosentence 判处Trad.判處 pàn chǔ tosentenceto condemn 判刑 pàn xíng ...
Noun1.sentence stress- the distribution of stresses within a sentence stress,accent,emphasis- the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"
to combat criminal acts motivated by racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, including measures to ensure that such motivations are considered an aggravating factor for the purposes of sentencing, to prevent those crimes from going unpunished and to ensure the rule of law; ...
(grammar)-la oración Synonymsforsentence phrase la frase quotation la cita quote la cita statement la afirmación NOUN (legal)-la sentencia Synonymsforsentence conviction la condena penalty el castigo punishment el castigo TRANSITIVE VERB (law)-sentenciar ...
noun(Law)In civil and admiralty law, the judgment of a court pronounced in a cause; in criminal and ecclesiastical courts, a judgment passed on a criminal by a court or judge; condemnation pronounced by a judicial tribunal; doom. In common law, the term is exclusively used to denote the ...
Law. an authoritative decision; a judicial judgment or decree, especially the judicial determination of the punishment to be inflicted on a convicted criminal: Knowledgeable sources say that the judge will announce the sentence early next week. ...
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a sentence that runs at the end of another. Two sentences of three years served consecutively equate to a six-year sentence. Compare CONCURRENT SENTENCE. Collins Dictionary of Law © W.J. Stewart, 2006Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page...
According to Muphry’s Law (yes, that’s how it’s spelt), any complaint about grammar or usage will itself contain an error. Sure enough, the pedant misspells Moore’s name, and his punctuation is a mess. More importantly, he fails to understand that the rules of formal written English...