suspended sentence

(Law) a sentence of imprisonment that is not served by an offender unless he or she commits a further offence during its currency. Compare deferred sentence

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Translations

حُكْم مُعَلَّق

podmíněný rozsudek

betinget dom

Bewährungsstrafe

felfüggesztett ítélet

beneficio della condizionale

betinget dom

podmienečný rozsudok

ceza ertelenmesi

缓刑缓期审判被判缓刑

suspended sentence

[səˌspɛndɪdˈsɛntəns] n (Law) → (condanna) condizionale f

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suspend

(səˈspend) verb

1. to hang. The meat was suspended from a hook.

2. to keep from falling or sinking. Particles of dust are suspended in the air.

3. to stop or discontinue temporarily. All business will be suspended until after the funeral.

4. to prevent (a person) temporarily from continuing his (professional) activities or having his usual privileges. Two footballers were suspended after yesterday's match.

suspended ˈsentence noun

a prison sentence that will take effect only if the criminal commits a (similar) crime again.

suˈspenders noun plural

1. a pair, or set, of elastic straps for holding up socks or stockings.

2. (American) braces for holding up trousers.

suˈspense (-s) noun

a state of uncertainty and anxiety. We waited in suspense for the result of the competition.

suˈspension (-ʃən) noun

1. the act of suspending.

2. in a motor vehicle etc, the system of springs etc supporting the frame on the axles.

3. a liquid with solid particles that do not sink.

suspension bridge

a type of bridge that has its roadway suspended from cables supported by towers.

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References in classic literature

And then, continuing his suspended sentence, Walter Merritt Emory held on, looking intently at Kwaque's swelling:

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AWAR veteran on a suspended sentence for stalking a Girls Aloud band member bit a chunk out his father's arm in a drunken attack.

Girls Aloud singer stalker bit chunk out of his dad's arm; ? Carl Davies, 41, on a suspended sentence for harassing singer Nicola Roberts (right), has been jailed for a year

In June of last year he was placed on another suspended sentence.

Pervert jailed for child sex images; 24.YEAR.OLD VIEWED ABUSE DESPITE REHABILITATION COURSE

The 18-year-old then breached the terms of his suspended sentence handed down at Warwick Crown Court, but failed to show at a further hearing in December at the same court and a warrant was put out for his arrest.

Teenage driver in police chase jailed

Several contributions explore the oldest and most prevalent alternative to a sentence of imprisonment: the suspended sentence. (4) All jurisdictions operate some form of suspended sanction, whether it is a suspended sentence generally conceived or a suspended term of imprisonment.

ALTERNATIVES TO IMPRISONMENT: RECENT INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS

A LOCAL newspaper chief will have to pay a BD1,000 fine after having his suspended sentence dropped.

BD1,000 fine for journalist

What is a suspended sentence? A suspended sentence is an alternative to being jailed.

Sentences are suspended to free up prisons

He said Birch otherwise complied with his suspended sentence working through drug rehabilitation and rehabilitation activity requirements which were "keeping him on the straight and narrow".

Spared prison over cannabis; SUSPENDED SENTENCE FOR BURGLARY NOT ACTIVATED BY JUDGE BECAUSE DRUG POSSESSION WAS 'DIFFERENT'

A MAN kicked his girlfriend in the head in a fit of drunken, jealous violence - while on a suspended sentence for attacking a previous partner with a knife.

Jail for man 'with alcohol issue' who violently attacked partners

Mohammed Azhar was already under a suspended sentence for causing grievous bodily harm to his sister when he got into the taxi driven by Mohammed Yahyaei in Huddersfield on June 11.

TAXI ROW PASSENGER HAD ANGER PROBLEM

Carol Manley stole the make-up from Superdrug in Queen Street in Cardiff on February 24, putting her in breach of a previously imposed suspended sentence and community order.

'This is not about two sticks of eye make-up, it's about four decades of shoplifting'

Debra Lyon, 42, who was given a six-month suspended sentence, said Livesley recruited her with "the promise of making a few quid".

'Daft' crash-for-cash scam sees 25 fraudsters in court; Bid to net more than PS300,000 from insurers