accumulative sentence

  • 1accumulative sentence — A sentence a court s formal pronouncement of the legal consequences of a person s conviction of a crime additional to others, imposed on a defendant who has been convicted upon an indictment containing several counts, each charging a distinct… …

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  • 2accumulative sentence — /əˌkjumjələtɪv ˈsɛntəns/ (say uh.kyoohmyuhluhtiv sentuhns) noun a sentence of imprisonment which is to be served after another sentence already imposed (opposed to concurrent sentence) …

  • 3accumulative sentence — A sentence, additional to others, imposed on a defendant who has been convicted upon an indictment containing several counts, each of such counts charging a distinct offense, or who is under conviction at the same time for several distinct… …

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  • 4accumulative sentence — A sentence, additional to others, imposed on a defendant who has been convicted upon an indictment containing several counts, each of such counts charging a distinct offense, or who is under conviction at the same time for several distinct… …

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  • 5accumulative judgment — Where a person has already been convicted and sentenced, and a second or additional judgment is passed against him, the execution of which is postponed until the completion of the first sentence, such second judgment is said to be accumulative.… …

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  • 6accumulative judgment — Where a person has already been convicted and sentenced, and a second or additional judgment is passed against him, the execution of which is postponed until the completion of the first sentence, such second judgment is said to be accumulative.… …

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  • 7sentence — The judgment formally pronounced by the court or judge upon the defendant after his conviction in a criminal prosecution, imposing the punishment to be inflicted, usually in the form of a fine, incarceration, or probation. See e.g. 18 U.S.C.A. No …

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  • 8accumulative judgment — A second or additional judgment against a person who has already been convicted and sentenced for another crime; the execution of the second judgment is postponed until the person s first sentence has been completed. Dictionary from West s… …

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  • 9concurrent sentence — /kənkʌrənt ˈsɛntəns/ (say kuhnkuruhnt sentuhns) noun a sentence of imprisonment to be served at the same time as another sentence (opposed to accumulative sentence) …

  • 10accumulate — ac·cu·mu·late vb lat·ed, lat·ing vt: to gather esp. little by little; specif: to add (income from a fund) back into the principal vi: to increase gradually in amount or number Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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