deferred sentence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdeferandsentence
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defer
verb[T]
uk/dɪˈfɜːr/us/dɪˈfɝː/
to delay something until a ...
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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 ofdeferandsentencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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That is the informal equivalent of adeferredsentence.
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Then there is thedeferredsentence, which many of us feel should be followed by a period of supervision.
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So far as we can make out there is absolutely no reason why it should not apply in the case of everydeferredsentence.
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Thedeferredsentencesituation is entirely different from this consideration.
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I hope that we shall shortly see back thedeferredsentenceas a power available to the courts.
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Another new idea is thedeferredsentence, which can be of very great use to the courts.
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What happens if the man breaches those conditions before the time at which the court said he was to come back for consideration of thedeferredsentence?
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Of those convicted, 119 were fined, 12 received custodial sentences, and 18 were otherwise disposed of by admonition,deferredsentence, and so on.
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Of those convicted, 153 were fined, 16 received custodial sentences and 25 were otherwise disposed of by admonition,deferredsentence, and so on.
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The magistratesdeferredsentence, but when the offender came back before the court the probation officer's report commented adversely on his behaviour in the meantime.
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If the courtdeferredsentencefor six months and at the same time a supervision order were imposed, the order would be likely to contain conditions.
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The judgedeferredsentencefor a year, and all counts were formally dismissed in 1983.
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He received a five-yeardeferredsentence.
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Legal measures under consideration include new alternatives to imprisonment, including community service orders and deferred sentences, as well as revised release procedures.
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Others, such as deferred sentences, are on a different sort of experimental basis.
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There were some comments about deferred sentences.
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