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SENTENCE (Lat. sententia, a way of thinking, opinion, judgment; vote, sentire, to feel, think) , a word of which the principal
meanings now are: (a) in grammar, a thought expressed in words in complete grammatical form and composed of subject and predicate, and (b) in law, a judicial decision. In law, the term
jurisdiction imposing a punishment such as a fine or imprisonment, or (2) a decree of certain competent courts, as ecclesiastical and admiralty courts. In sense (I) a sentence may be either definite or final, i.e. one giving finality to the case, or interlocutory, determining some point in the progress of the case (see, however, JUDGMENT). The sentences inflicted by the courts of various countries vary according to the gravity of the offence (see CRIMINAL LAW; also CAPITAL PUNISHMENT ; and, for the " indeterminate " sentence, RECIDIVISM). Concurrent sentences are those which run from the same date in respect of convictions on various indictments. A cumulative sentence is the sum total
counts
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quarter sessions from the time the sentence is pronounced.End of Article: SENTENCE (Lat. sententia, a way of thinking, opinion, judgment; vote, sentire, to feel, think) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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