Legal Definition and Related Resources of Carcer
Meaning of Carcer
A prison or gaol. Strictly, a place of detention and safe-keeping, and not of punishment. Burrill.
What does Carcer mean in American Law?
The definition of Carcer in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:
A place to keep persons secured; not, strictly speaking, to punish them.
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Concept of “Carcer”
Traditional meaning of carcer in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) A gaol. Carcer ad homines custodiendos (continendos) non puniendos haberi debet: a gaol ought to be kept to guard (confine) men, not to punish them.
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Notes and References
- Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Carcer”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. This term and/or definition may be absolete.
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