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Mainprise :: Mainprise (n.) Deliverance of a prisoner on security for his appearance at a day.

Escape :: Escape (n.) The unlawful permission, by a jailer or other custodian, of a prisoner's departure from custody..

Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty; as, to discharge a prisoner..

Bar :: Bar (n.) The place in court where prisoners are stationed for arraignment, trial, or sentence..

Chapel :: Chapel (n.) A place of worship not connected with a church; as, the chapel of a palace, hospital, or prison..

#NAME? :: -ment () A suffix denoting that which does a thing; an act or process; the result of an act or process; state or condition; as, aliment, that which nourishes, ornament, increment; fragment, piece broken, segment; abridgment, act of abridging, imprisonment, movement, adjournment; amazement, state of being amazed, astonishment..

Habeas Corpus :: Habeas corpus () A writ having for its object to bring a party before a court or judge; especially, one to inquire into the cause of a person's imprisonment or detention by another, with the view to protect the right to personal liberty; also, one to bring a prisoner into court to testify in a pending trial..

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

Prison :: Prison (v. t.) To imprison; to shut up in, or as in, a prison; to confine; to restrain from liberty..

Emprison :: Emprison (v. t.) See Imprison.

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..

Country-base :: Country-base (n.) Same as Prison base.

Commitment :: Commitment (n.) A warrant or order for the imprisonment of a person; -- more frequently termed a mittimus.

Bond :: Bond (n.) The state of being bound; imprisonment; captivity, restraint..

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

Innocence :: Innocence (n.) The state or quality of being not chargeable for, or guilty of, a particular crime or offense; as, the innocence of the prisoner was clearly shown..

Caitiff :: Caitiff (n.) A captive; a prisoner.

Clank :: Clank (v. t.) To cause to sound with a clank; as, the prisoners clank their chains..

Justification :: "Justification (n.) The act of justifying or the state of being justified; a showing or proving to be just or conformable to law, justice, right, or duty; defense; vindication; support; as, arguments in justification of the prisoner's conduct; his disobedience admits justification..

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..

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