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

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..

Gaol :: Gaol (n.) A place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment; a jail..

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

Immure :: Immure (v. t.) To inclose whithin walls, or as within walls; hence, to shut up; to imprison; to incarcerate..

Liberty :: Liberty (n.) Freedom from imprisonment, bonds, or other restraint upon locomotion..

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..

Imprisoned :: Imprisoned (imp. & p. p.) of Impriso.

Rescue :: Rescue (v.) The forcible liberation of a person from an arrest or imprisonment.

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

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..

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

Bail :: Bail (n.) The person or persons who procure the release of a prisoner from the custody of the officer, or from imprisonment, by becoming surely for his appearance in court..

Incarceration :: Incarceration (n.) The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment..

Familiar :: Familiar (n.) A confidential officer employed in the service of the tribunal, especially in apprehending and imprisoning the accused..

Jug :: Jug (v. t.) To commit to jail; to imprison.

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

Confinement :: Confinement (n.) Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty; seclusion.

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