Legal Definition and Related Resources of Jail
Meaning of Jail
A house or building used for the purpose of a public prison , or where persons under arrest are kept. The term has acquired the extended meaning of any place where a person is confined, such as a mental hospital. See People v Grawlin, 217 N. W.2d 404, 52 Mich.App. 467.
Jail Alternative Definition
A term generally substituted in modern usage for “gaol” (q. v.).
Synonyms of Jail
verb
- apprehend
- capture
- cast into prison
- commit to an institution
- commit to prison
- confine
- constrain
- detain
- hold captive
- hold in captivity
- hold in custody
- immure
- impound
- imprison
- in carcerem
- in custodiam
- incarcerate
- institutionalize
- isolate
- lock in
- lock up
- place in confinement
- put behind bars
- put under restraint
- restrain
- restrict
- send to prison
- shut in
- shut up
- subjugate
- take into custody
noun
- carcer
- cell
- detention cell
- detention center
- detention station
- house of correction
- house of detention
- inclosure
- keep
- penal institution
- penitentiary
- place of confinement
- prison
- prisonhouse
- reformatory
- stockade
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Translate Jail from English to Spanish
Translation of Jail, with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Cárcel and other legal terms is available here.
- Cárcel
- Prisión
- Presidio
- Penitenciaría
- Penal
- Bote
- Calaboso
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English Spanish Translation of Jail
Cárcel
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