imprisonment

imprisonment
The holding of a person from the time of his commitment to the time of his discharge. 41 Am J1st Pris & P § 2. The holding of a person as a prisoner under a commitment ordered pursuant to a sentence for a crime or a commitment for temporary detention pending the disposition of a criminal charge. Any restraint placed upon a person contrary to his wishes and amounting to a physical detention of his person. United States ex rel. Carapa v Curran (CA2 NY) 297 F 946, 36 ALR 877. Any exercise of force, or express or implied threat of force, by which in fact a person is deprived of his liberty, compelled to remain where he does not wish to remain, or to go where he does not wish to go. 32 Am J2d False Imp § 11. See close confinement; commitment; false imprisonment; hard labor; prison; prisoner; solitary confinement.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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