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Mainprise :: Mainprise (n.) A writ directed to the sheriff, commanding him to take sureties, called mainpernors, for the prisoner's appearance, and to let him go at large. This writ is now obsolete..

Arraignment :: Arraignment (n.) The act of arraigning, or the state of being arraigned; the act of calling and setting a prisoner before a court to answer to an indictment or complaint..

Limbus :: Limbus (n.) Hence: Any real or imaginary place of restraint or confinement; a prison; as, to put a man in limbo..

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..

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

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

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..

Keeper :: Keeper (n.) One who retains in custody; one who has the care of a prison and the charge of prisoners.

Durance :: Durance (n.) Imprisonment; restraint of the person; custody by a jailer; duress. Shak.

Cartel :: Cartel (n.) An agreement between belligerents for the exchange of prisoners.

Safe :: Safe (superl.) Incapable of doing harm; no longer dangerous; in secure care or custody; as, the prisoner is safe..

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

Serve :: Serve (v. t.) To pass or spend, as time, esp. time of punishment; as, to serve a term in prison..

Secure :: Secure (v. t.) To make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping; as, to secure a prisoner; to secure a door, or the hatches of a ship..

#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..

Duress :: Duress (n.) Hardship; constraint; pressure; imprisonment; restraint of liberty.

Close :: Close (v. t.) Strictly confined; carefully quarded; as, a close prisoner..

Reprisal :: Reprisal (n.) The act of retorting on an enemy by inflicting suffering or death on a prisoner taken from him, in retaliation for an act of inhumanity..

Detainer :: Detainer (n.) A writ authorizing the keeper of a prison to continue to keep a person in custody.

Bastile Bastille :: Bastile Bastille (n.) The Bastille, formerly a castle or fortress in Paris, used as a prison, especially for political offenders; hence, a rhetorical name for a prison..

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