indeterminate sentence

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meaningsofindeterminateandsentence

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indeterminate
adjective
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/ˌɪn.dɪˈtɜː.mɪ.nət/us
/ˌɪn.dɪˈtɝː.mɪ.nət/
not measured, counted, or ...
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sentence
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsen.təns/us
/ˈsen.təns/
a group of words, usually containing a verb, that expresses a thought in the form of a statement, question, instruction, or exclamation and starts with a capital letter ...
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(Definition ofindeterminateandsentencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They gave us evidence of the unsettling effects of theindeterminatesentenceon life prisoners.
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The onlyindeterminatesentenceof imprisonment for an adult is life imprisonment, to which parole does not apply.
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If there is such a case for anindeterminatesentence, why do we not call it a public safety sentence rather than a life sentence?
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The essential implication of theindeterminatesentenceis that it commits us to a particular objective in sentencing.
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Following licence revocation each has resumed the status of anindeterminatesentenceprisoner.
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A presumption in favour of anindeterminatesentenceis a far cry from an automatic sentence with exceptions only for genuine, very special, exceptional circumstances.
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I was very glad indeed to see theindeterminatesentenceexcluded from it.
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It is anindeterminatesentencewhich nobody can understand.
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I heard nothing which indicated that there was to be a new form ofindeterminatesentenceto deal with this problem.
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The maximum period is of course life, which we already have in the form of a special type ofindeterminatesentence.
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I do not believe theindeterminatesentenceis any good without these two things.
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It will become the only alternative to theindeterminatesentence.
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During the last three years compassionate home leave was granted on 340 occasions to both determinate andindeterminatesentenceprisoners.
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This matter of theindeterminatesentenceis undoubtedly one which is disliked by large numbers of people in this country.
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The central feature is theindeterminatesentenceof borstal training—a sentence ranging from six months to two years.
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It proves that one should give a life or anindeterminatesentencefor all serious crimes of violence whether they result in death or not.
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The number who returned at the required date and time was 436, including all theindeterminatesentenceprisoners.
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It is anindeterminatesentence, containing within it a fixed term.
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I was then committed to this institution at the 1979 general election on anindeterminatesentence.
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It is not certain that thisindeterminatesentencewill necessarily reform.
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