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11life sentence — life sentences N COUNT If someone receives a life sentence, they are sentenced to stay in prison for the rest of their life, or for a very long period of time. Some were serving life sentences for murder …
12Sentence — or sentencing may refer to:* Sentence (linguistics), a grammatical unit of language * Sentence (mathematical logic), a formula with no free variables * Sentence (music), the smallest period in a musical composition * Sentence (law), the final act …
13sentence — vb Sentence, condemn, damn, doom, proscribe can all mean to decree the fate or punishment of a person or sometimes a thing that has been adjudged guilty, unworthy, or unfit. Sentence is used in reference to the determination and pronouncement of… …
14life — 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)¦ …
15life sentence — noun count a punishment in which someone is sent to prison for the rest of their life …
16life sentence — life′ sen′tence n. a sentence condemning a convicted felon to spend the rest of life in prison …
17life sentence — ► NOUN ▪ a punishment of life imprisonment …
18life — ► NOUN (pl. lives) 1) the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth and functional activity. 2) the existence of an individual human being or animal. 3) a particular type or aspect of …
19life imprisonment — ► NOUN ▪ a long term of imprisonment (rarely the whole of a person s life), which (in the UK) is now the only sentence for murder and the maximum for any crime …
20life imprisonment — sentence which condemns a person to prison for the rest of his/her life …
