indefinite imprisonment

indefinite imprisonment
The punishment of imprisonment prescribed by a sentence for crime, the term of which is fixed or rendered calculable by neither the sentence nor statute. 21 Am J2d Crim L § 534. A sentence prescribing imprisonment until a fine, the amount of which is specified, is paid, does not prescribe an indefinite imprisonment, because, under it, there need be no imprisonment at all. Ex Parte Bryant, 24 Fla 278, 4 S 854. See indeterminate sentence.

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