determinate sentence

determinate sentence

A sentence for a fixed length of time rather than for an unspecified duration.

¡ª Also termed definite sentence; definitive sentence; fixed sentence; flat sentence; straight sentence. [Cases: Sentencing and Punishment 1053¨C1054. C.J.S. Criminal Law ¡ì¡ì 1458, 1468, 1471, 1504¨C1505, 1511, 1570.]


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