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What's The Definition Of Sentence?
[n] (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed; "the conviction came as no surprise"
[n] a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language; "he always spoke in grammatical sentences" [n] the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned; "he served a prison term of 15 months"; "his sentence was 5 to 10 years"; "he is doing time in the county jail" [v] pronounce a sentence on, in a court of law; "He was condemned to ten years in prison" Synonyms | Synonyms for Sentence: condemn | condemnation | conviction | doom | judgment of conviction | prison term | time Related Terms | Find terms related to Sentence: See Also | clause | complex sentence | compound sentence | constituent | convict | court-martial | declarative sentence | declaratory sentence | declare | final decision | final judgment | foredoom | grammatical constituent | hard time | interrogation | interrogative | interrogative sentence | linguistic string | murder conviction | question | rape conviction | reprobate | robbery conviction | run-on sentence | string | string of words | term | topic sentence | word string Sentence In Webster's Dictionary \Sen"tence\, n. [F., from L. sententia, for sentientia,
from sentire to discern by the senses and the mind, to feel,
to think. See {Sense}, n., and cf. {Sentiensi}.]
1. Sense; meaning; significance. [Obs.]
Tales of best sentence and most solace. --Chaucer.
The discourse itself, voluble enough, and full of
sentence. --Milton.
2.
(a) An opinion; a decision; a determination; a judgment,
especially one of an unfavorable nature.
My sentence is for open war. --Milton.
That by them [Luther's works] we may pass
sentence upon his doctrines. --Atterbury.
(b) A philosophical or theological opinion; a dogma; as,
Summary of the Sentences; Book of the Sentences.
3. (Law) In civil and admiralty law, the judgment of a court
pronounced in a cause; in criminal and ecclesiastical
courts, a judgment passed on a criminal by a court or
judge; condemnation pronounced by a judgical tribunal;
doom. In common law, the term is exclusively used to
denote the judgment in criminal cases.
Received the sentence of the law. --Shak.
4. A short saying, usually containing moral instruction; a
maxim; an axiom; a saw. --Broome.
5. (Gram.) A combination of words which is complete as
expressing a thought, and in writing is marked at the
close by a period, or full point. See {Proposition}, 4.
Note: Sentences are simple or compound. A simple sentence
consists of one subject and one finite verb; as, ``The
Lord reigns.'' A compound sentence contains two or more
subjects and finite verbs, as in this verse:
He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals all.
--Pope.
{Dark sentence}, a saving not easily explained.
A king . . . understanding dark sentences. --Dan.
vii. 23.
\Sen"tence\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sentenced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sentencing}.] 1. To pass or pronounce judgment upon; to doom; to condemn to punishment; to prescribe the punishment of. Nature herself is sentenced in your doom. --Dryden. 2. To decree or announce as a sentence. [Obs.] --Shak. 3. To utter sententiously. [Obs.] --Feltham. |
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