Probation
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method by which the punishment of a convicted offender is conditionally suspended.
Probation: An alternative to imprisonment allowing a person found guilty of an offense to stay in the community, usually under conditions and under the supervision of a probation officer.
Probation
It refers to an advantage, certain freedom or an oppurtunity given by the judicial officers to the convict in terms of shorter sentence, or early release from the prison.
Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
Shock Probation definition:
A sentencing strategy: a brief period of incarceration followed by release under supervision.
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Probation - A sentence where the person is supervised by a probation officer for a set time instead of going to prison.
Probation - alternative to imprisonment. Conditions of freedom for offender in compliance with restrictions or requirements.
Prosecutors - Same as District Attorneys.
Probation Officer
Officers of the probation office of a court. Probation officer duties include conducting presentence investigations, preparing presentence reports on convicted defendants, and supervising released defendants.
Probation
A kind of punishment given out as part of a sentence which means that instead of jailing a person convicted of a crime, a judge will order that the person reports to a probation officer regularly and according to a set schedule.
PROBATION - A form of criminal sentence in which an offender agrees to comply with certain conditions imposed by the court rather than being put in jail or prison.
Probation Absconder: A person under probation supervision whose location is unknown, in violation of the conditions of their probation.
PROBATION: The release into the community of a defendant who has been found guilty of a crime, typically under certain conditions, such as paying a fine, doing community service or attending a drug treatment program.
probation - A sentence releasing a convicted criminal into the community or a treatment facility under the supervision of a probation officer, requiring compliance with certain conditions.
Probation
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.
probation
n. a chance to remain free (or serve only a short time) given by a judge to a person convicted of a crime instead of being sent to jail or prison, provided the person can be good.
Probation - A procedure under which a defendant convicted of a crime is released by the court without imprisonment under a suspended or deferred sentence and subject to conditions.
probation The allowing of a person convicted of a crime to remain at liberty, subject to certain conditions and under the supervision of a probation officer.
probation
A non-custodial sentencing order (q.v.) that involves good behaviour and supervision by a probation officer under defined reporting conditions for a specified period.
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REPROBATION, eccl. law. The propounding exceptions either against facts, persons or things; as, to allege that certain deeds or instruments have not been duly and lawfully executed; ...
Proper improbation is an action brought for declaring writing false or forged.
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Probation Order (see Sentence) Production Order In criminal law, an order to have evidence produced by someone other than the accused.
CONDITIONS OF PROBATION: Requirements prescribed by the court as part of the sentence to assist the probationer to lead a law-abiding life. Failure to observe may lead to revocation of probation and commitment or incarceration. ...
It may be time in jail, community service or a period of probation. Sequestration The taking of someone's property, voluntarily (by deposit) or involuntarily (by seizure), by court officers or into the possession of a third party, ...
social history; (5) residence history of the offender; (6) offender's medical history; (7) information about environment to which the offender will return; (8) information about any resources available to assist the offender; (9) probation officer's ...
The usages of the different inns varied somewhat formerly in regard both to the term of probationary studentship enforced and to the procedure involved in a "call" to the bar by which the student is converted into the barrister.
: a young person (as one within a statutorily specified age range) who commits a crime but is granted special status entitling him or her to a more lenient punishment (as one involving probation or confinement in a special youth ...
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Conservator - Under the Michigan Revised Probation Code, a person with the legal duty and power to manage and protect the estate of another individual who: 1) Is under the age 18; or, 2) Is a legally incapacitated person.
Those convicted of a misdemeanor are generally punished with a maximum of 6 months in a local or county jail but other possibilities may include probation, community service, and weekend imprisonment or some combination of all of those.
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contracts. Confirmation; approbation of a contract; ratification. Vin. Ab. h. t.; Assent. (q. v.) ... more
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Tammany Parish, New Orleans convicted Christine Brenan of "promoting obscene devices". They gave her a two-year suspended sentence, five years of probation and a fine of $1,500.
Sentence
The punishment given to a person who has been convicted (i.e. found to be guilty) of a crime. It may be time in jail, community service or a period of probation.
Community Service Order: A sentence, which may have been given instead of detention to an offender over 16. He or she must work for between 40 and 240 hours, unpaid, in the community, supervised by a Probation Officer.
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