indeterminate sentence

in·de·ter·mi·nate sen·tence

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Definitions of indeterminate sentence words

noun indeterminate sentence a penalty, imposed by a court, that has relatively wide limits or no limits, as one of imprisonment for one to ten years. 1
noun indeterminate sentence a prison sentence the length of which depends on the prisoner's conduct 0

before 1870

One of the 26% newest English words

First recorded in 1870-75

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This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 1% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

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