CORRECTION - Chastisement by one having authority of a person who has committed some offence, for the purpose of bringing him to legal subjection.
Certificate of Correction: Issued upon patentee request due to a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office or applicant minor error in the patent such as printing, typographical, or clerical errors.
CFR: The Code of Federal Regulations.
Corrections - Alterations sought to a specification or other document so that it better expresses the intention the drafter had at the time of drafting.
Correction of patent.
35. It is provided by the thirteenth section of the act of July.
Corrections officer
Customs officer
Officer of the court
Parking enforcement officer
Probation officer/Parole officer
Law enforcement officer (Peace officer)
Police officer
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The Department of Corrections - state prison facility.
Docket
A list of cases to be heard by a court or a log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
ICO (intensive correction order)
A non-custodial sentence (q.v.) with very strict conditions attached.
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May also refer, in correctional law, to the responsibility given to the state for a person incarcerated, imprisoned or otherwise detained.
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Amendment: The correction of an error in any process, pleading, or proceeding at law.
reformation
n. the correction or change of an existing document by court orde...
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the correction or change of an existing document by court order upon petition of one of the parties to the document.
The term usually refers to the alteration of a statute or a constitution, but it is also applied in parliamentary law to proposed changes to a bill or motion under consideration, and in judicial procedure to the correction of errors.
In essence courts do the fair thing by court orders such as correction of property lines, taking possession of assets, imposing a lien, dividing assets, or injunctive relief (ordering a person to do something) to prevent irreparable damage.
COMMUNITY WORK SERVICE (CWS): In the corrections system, community work service is a condition either assigned by the Court or agreed to as part of a Diversion Agreement.
b : concerned with the correction, removal, or abatement of an evil, defect, or disease <~ treatment of an inmate to improve behavior> <a workers' compensation claimant who received ~ attention from a doctor> < ...
commitment: an order to commit a person to the custody of a sheriff, commissioner of corrections, or mental health facility
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felony - A felony is a major crime for which the maximum imprisonment is more than one year in a state correctional institution. The court may also impose a fine.
DOC Department of Corrections.
docket number The numerical designation assigned to each case by the court.
Bias: An offset applied to a measurement for error correction.
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Practice: 1. The way things are usually done; custom; habit. 2. A method of proceeding in courts for the enforcement of rights or the correction of wrongs. 3. A continuing occupation, such as the practice of law or the practice of medicine.
Incarceration: Confinement to a state correctional institute or prison.
Suspension of sentence with or without adjudication and placing the defendant under supervision of the Department of Corrections for a specified period of time and possible conditions.
Promisee:
An individual to whom a promise is made.
Sentencing Services - using a network of not-for-profit agencies and state-operated programs, Sentencing Services helps develop sentencing plans for offenders that more effectively use available treatments and correctional resources in criminal cases.
 See also: Law, State, Person, Court, Right
  
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