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1Life imprisonment — or life incarceration is a sentence of imprisonment for a serious crime, often for most or even all of the criminal s remaining life, but in fact for a period which varies between jurisdictions: many countries have a maximum possible period of… …
2life — W1S1 [laıf] n plural lives [laıvz] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(time somebody is alive)¦ 2¦(state of being alive)¦ 3¦(way somebody lives)¦ 4¦(particular situation/job)¦ 5 social/personal/sex etc life 6¦(human existence)¦ 7¦(time when something exists/works)¦ …
3Life imprisonment in England and Wales — Criminal procedure Criminal trials and convictions …
4life — n. 1) to lead a life (to lead a busy life) 2) to prolong; save a life 3) to devote one s life (to smt.) 4) to spend one s life (doing smt.) 5) to give, lay down, sacrifice; risk one s life 6) to claim, snuff out, take a life (she took her own… …
5life — [[t]la͟ɪvz[/t]] ♦ lives 1) N UNCOUNT Life is the quality which people, animals, and plants have when they are not dead, and which objects and substances do not have. ...a baby s first minutes of life... Amnesty International opposes the death… …
6Life (film) — Infobox Film name=Life caption = The DVD cover for the movie Life . imdb id=0123964 writer=Robert Ramsey Matthew Stone director=Ted Demme starring=Eddie Murphy Martin Lawrence Obba Babatundé Ned Beatty R. Lee Ermey Clarence Williams III Bernie… …
7Life licence — In the British criminal justice system, a life licence specifies the conditions under which a prisoner sentenced to life in jail may be released.A prisoner who has served their tariff (minimum sentence) becomes eligible for parole. If the parole… …
8life imprisonment — N UNCOUNT If someone is sentenced to life imprisonment, they are sentenced to stay in prison for the rest of their life, or for a very long period of time. Syn: life …
9life — /laIf/ noun plural lives /laIvz/ PERIOD OF LIVING 1 (C, U) the period between a person s birth and death during which they are alive: Learning goes on throughout life. | You have your whole life ahead of you. | in your life: I d never seen the… …
10Life on Mars (U.S. TV series) — Infobox Television show name = Life on Mars caption = Life on Mars s innertitle genre = Time travel Police procedural creator = Original series: Matthew Graham Tony Jordan Ashley Pharoah developer = Josh Appelbaum Andre Nemec Scott Rosenberg… …
