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CUSTODIAL PUNISHMENT [2 records]

Record 1 2013-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sentencing
  • Decisions (Practice and Procedural Law)
CONT

Imprisonment is a jail sentence. After a judge gives a jail sentence, the offender is taken to jail and a conviction is registered against them. An offender has to apply for a pardon in order to have a jail sentence removed from their record.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Peines
  • Décisions (Droit judiciaire)
CONT

L'emprisonnement est une peine de prison. Après qu'un juge ordonne la peine d'emprisonnement, le contrevenant est emmené en prison et une condamnation est inscrite contre lui. Le contrevenant doit demander une réhabilitation pour faire radier la peine de prison de son casier judiciaire.

OBS

Ce terme désigne la condamnation par opposition à la période d'emprisonnement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Penas
  • Decisiones (Derecho procesal)
OBS

pena de prisión: Nombre de una pena privativa de libertad, de duración y carácter variables de un país a otro.

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Record 2 1996-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Law
  • Penal Administration

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit pénal
  • Administration pénitentiaire

Spanish

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