Qué (quién) es suspended sentence - definición
SENTENCE OF IMPRISONMENT, NOT TO BE SERVED, IF THE OFFENDER PROVES HIMSELF DURING THE PROBATION PERIOD
Suspended prison sentence; Suspended sentences; Suspended jail sentence; Suspended prison term
suspended sentence
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If a criminal is given a suspended sentence, they are given a prison sentence which they have to serve if they commit another crime within a specified period of time.
John was given a four-month suspended sentence.
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Suspended sentence
A suspended sentence is a sentence on conviction for a criminal offence, the serving of which the court orders to be deferred in order to allow the defendant to perform a period of probation. If the defendant does not break the law during that period and fulfills the particular conditions of the probation, the sentence is usually considered fulfilled.
suspended sentence
n. in criminal law, a penalty applied by a judge to a defendant convicted of a crime which the judge provides will not be enforced (is suspended) if the defendant performs certain services, makes restitution to persons harmed, stays out of trouble or meets other conditions. Should the sentenced party fail to follow these requirements, then the suspended sentence may be enforced.
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Suspended sentence
A suspended sentence is a sentence on conviction for a criminal offence, the serving of which the court orders to be deferred in order to allow the defendant to perform a period of probation. If the defendant does not break the law during that period and fulfills the particular conditions of the probation, the sentence is usually considered fulfilled. If the defendant commits another offence or breaks the terms of probation, the court can order the sentence to be served, in addition to any sentence for the new offence.
Ejemplos de pronunciación para suspended sentence
1. Two years, but a suspended sentence.
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Ejemplos de uso de suspended sentence
1. Judges in April refused to give Bakhmina a suspended sentence.
2. He also imposed the three months of the suspended sentence.
3. He received a three–year suspended sentence Wednesday.
4. His mother was given a 12–month suspended sentence.
5. "I felt Shearman deserved a suspended sentence," Mr Stannard said.