Sentence

Sentence in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of sentence.

Meaning of Sentence in Spanish

Description/ translation of sentence into Spanish: sentencia (especialmente en el sentido de determinación de la pena tras la conviction), ejemplo: “imposition of a sentence after conviction”; lenient sentence: sentencia benigna; discount in sentence: reducción de pena (la que se negocia a cambio del reconocimiento de culpabilidad); to be serving a sentence: cumplir condena; suspended sentence: remisión condicional de la pena; sentencing factor: elemento que influye en la pena (por ejemplo, la posesión de un arma); re-sentencing: sentencia en un nuevo proceso (re-trial); capital sentencing: condena a pena capital; reduced sentence: pena menos grave; prosecutor’s sentencing recommendation: pena solicitada por el fiscal; sentencing concessions: condiciones más favorables de cumplimiento de la pena (no sólo en términos de reducción de la pena, sino también en lo que respecta a posibles beneficios penitenciarios o al lugar de cumplimiento de la pena); sentencing differential: diferencia de pena (entre la prevista en el código y la impuesta por el juez a la luz de todas las circunstancias); sentence agreement: conformidad con la pena propuesta; determinate (sentence): pena de duración determinada; indeterminate sentence: pena de duración indeterminada; sentence report: (in the law of the United States/ en el derecho de los Estados Unidos) documento sobre cuya base el magistrado determina la pena del reo que recibió veredicto de culpabilidad; contiene información sobre el reo, por ejemplo, antecedentes penales; (SUG) información sobre el reo para fijar la pena; concurrent sentences: penas concurrentes (es decir, las que pueden cumplirse simultaneamente); consecutive sentences: penas de cumplimiento sucesivo; final sentence: sentencia definitiva (la que pone fin al proceso, en contraposición a la resolución que es meramente interlocutoria)[1]

Note: for more information on related terms and on the area of law where sentence belongs (criminal procedure law), in Spanish, see here.

Notes and References

1. Translation of Sentence published by Antonio Peñaranda

Resources

See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• sentence in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• sentence in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

(noun) First Meaning: decision of a court, esp. as to the punishment. Second Meaning: the punishment – also (verb)

Justice System: sentence

Sentence Meaning in the U.S. Court System

The punishment ordered by a court for a defendant convicted of a crime.

Meaning of Sentence in the U.S. Legal System

Definition of Sentence published by the National Association for Court Management: The punishment ordered by a court for a defendant convicted of a crime. A concurrent sentence means that two or more sentences would run at the same time. A consecutive sentence means that two or more sentences would run one after another.

Sentence (Criminal Judicial Process)

Sentence