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Engaol :: Engaol (v. t.) To put in jail; to imprison.

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

Quod :: Quod (n.) A quadrangle or court, as of a prison; hence, a prison..

Bolt :: Bolt (n.) An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.

Carcelage :: Carcelage (n.) Prison fees.

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..

Prisonment :: Prisonment (n.) Imprisonment.

Jail :: "Jail (n.) A kind of prison; a building for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding..

Jailer :: Jailer (n.) The keeper of a jail or prison.

Felony :: Felony (n.) A heinous crime; especially, a crime punishable by death or imprisonment..

Retake :: Retake (v. t.) To take from a captor; to recapture; as, to retake a ship or prisoners..

Little-ease :: Little-ease (n.) An old slang name for the pillory, stocks, etc., of a prison..

Counter :: Counter (v. t.) A prison; either of two prisons formerly in London.

Prisoning :: Prisoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Priso.

Treat :: Treat (v. t.) To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly..

Prison :: Prison (v. t.) To bind (together); to enchain.

Stater :: Stateprison () See under State, n..

Bailey :: Bailey (n.) A prison or court of justice; -- used in certain proper names; as, the Old Bailey in London; the New Bailey in Manchester..

Dungeon :: Dungeon (n.) A close, dark prison, common/, under ground, as if the lower apartments of the donjon or keep of a castle, these being used as prisons..

Custody :: Custody (n.) State of being guarded and watched to prevent escape; restraint of liberty; confinement; imprisonment.

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