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Warden :: Warden (n.) An officer who keeps or guards; a keeper; as, the warden of a prison..

Swear :: Swear (v. i.) To give evidence on oath; as, to swear to the truth of a statement; he swore against the prisoner..

Wrongous :: Wrongous (a.) Not right; illegal; as, wrongous imprisonment..

Quad :: Quad (n.) A quadrangle; hence, a prison..

Imprisoning :: Imprisoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impriso.

Captivity :: Captivity (n.) The state of being a captive or a prisoner.

Tollbooth :: Tollbooth (v. t.) To imprison in a tollbooth.

Illegality :: Illegality (n.) The quality or condition of being illegal; unlawfulness; as, the illegality of trespass or of false imprisonment; also, an illegal act..

Theta :: Theta (n.) A letter of the Greek alphabet corresponding to th in English; -- sometimes called the unlucky letter, from being used by the judges on their ballots in passing condemnation on a prisoner, it being the first letter of the Greek qa`natos, death..

Sconce :: Sconce (v. t.) To shut up in a sconce; to imprison; to insconce.

Mittimus :: Mittimus (n.) A precept or warrant granted by a justice for committing to prison a party charged with crime; a warrant of commitment to prison.

Disprison :: Disprison (v. t.) To let loose from prison, to set at liberty..

Reimprison :: Reimprison (v. t.) To imprison again.

Marshalsea :: Marshalsea (n.) The court or seat of a marshal; hence, the prison in Southwark, belonging to the marshal of the king's household..

Enjall :: Enjall (v. t.) To put into jail; to imprison.

Admit :: Admit (v. t.) To allow (one) to enter on an office or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise; as, to admit an attorney to practice law; the prisoner was admitted to bail..

Commute :: Commute (v. t.) To exchange; to put or substitute something else in place of, as a smaller penalty, obligation, or payment, for a greater, or a single thing for an aggregate; hence, to lessen; to diminish; as, to commute a sentence of death to one of imprisonment for life; to commute tithes; to commute charges for fares..

Support :: Support (v. t.) A attend as an honorary assistant; as, a chairman supported by a vice chairman; O'Connell left the prison, supported by his two sons..

Provost :: Provost (n.) The keeper of a prison.

Commutation :: Commutation (n.) The change of a penalty or punishment by the pardoning power of the State; as, the commutation of a sentence of death to banishment or imprisonment..

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