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  • 51Life of Joseph Smith, Jr. from 1827 to 1830 — The life of Joseph Smith, Jr. from 1827 to 1830 includes some of his life s most significant events, and some of the most important history of the Latter Day Saint movement , the Restorationist religious movement he initiated during this period.… …

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  • 52Life 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… …

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  • 53life imprisonment — noun a sentence of imprisonment until death • Hypernyms: ↑captivity, ↑imprisonment, ↑incarceration, ↑immurement * * * life imprisonment UK US noun [uncountable] a punishment in which someone is sent to prison for the rest of their life Thesaurus …

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  • 54life — laɪf n. state of being alive (manifested by growth, reproduction, etc.); living organism, something which is alive; life span; time during which something exists or functions; lifestyle; energy; activity; biography; life sentence to prison… …

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  • 55life sentence — See sentence …

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  • 56life 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 …

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  • 57life sentence — noun a punishment of life imprisonment …

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  • 58life sentence — noun (C) the punishment of sending someone to prison for life …

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  • 59ˌlife ˈsentence — noun [C] a punishment in which someone is sent to prison for the rest of their life, or for a very long time …

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  • 60History of life imprisonment — In the history of life imprisonment or life incarceration, where all or most of a person s remaining life is spent imprisoned, its purpose has chiefly been as an alternative to the death penalty or exile. The phrase life without parole is… …

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