|
 |
||
 |
| This dictionary contains: 8526 juridical terms |
 |
Indigent Inmate
|
|
Indigent InmateIn the US penitentiary jargon, inmates shall be deemed indigent if their account balance is $2.00 or less.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Penitentiary
A prison for the punishment of convicts.
Indigent
Needy or impoverished. A defendant who can demonstrate his or her indigence to the court may be assigned a court-appointed attorney at public expense.
Account
Practice. 1) A statement of the receipts and payments of an executor, administrator, or other trustee, of the estate confided to him. 2) An account is also the statement of two merchants or others who have dealt together, showing the debits and credits between them.
Balance
Com. law. The amount which remains due by one of two persons, who have been dealing together, to the other, after the settlement of their accounts.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Indian tribe
A separate and distinct community or body of the aboriginal Indian race of men found in the United States.
Indians
The aborigines of this country are so called.
Indicia
Civil law. Signs, marks. This term is very nearly synonymous with the common law phrase, "circumstantial evidence." It was used to designate the facts giving rise to the indirect inference, rather than the inference itself.
Indictable offence
An offence which, in Canada, is more serious than those which can proceed by summary conviction. This is the Canadian equivalent to the USA "felony". Murder and treason are examples of crimes committed in Canada which would be indictable offences. These crimes are usually tried by federally-appointed judges and carry heavy sentences.
Indicted
Practice. When a man is accused by a bill of indictment preferred by a grand jury, he is said to be indicted.
Indiction
Computation of time. An indiction contained a space of fifteen years.
Indictment
Criminal law, practice. A written accusation of one or more persons of a crime or misdemeanor, presented to, and preferred upon oath or affirmation, by a grand jury legally convoked.
Indictor
He who causes another to be indicted. The latter is sometimes called the indictee.
Indifferent
To have no bias nor partiality. A juror, an arbitrator, and a witness, ought to be indifferent, and when they are not so, they may be challenged.
Indigent
Needy or impoverished. A defendant who can demonstrate his or her indigence to the court may be assigned a court-appointed attorney at public expense.
Indirect evidence
That proof which does not prove the fact in question, but proves another, the certainty of which may lead to the discovery of the truth of the one sought.
Indivisible
That which cannot be separated.
Indivisum
That which two or more persons hold in common without partition; undivided.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Intellectual property lawsuit
A lawsuit filed on the grounds that intellectual property rights have been violated.
Insurance lawsuit
A lawsuit filed by or against an insurance company or having to do with insurance disputes.
Indigent Inmate
Indeterminate sentencing
In most US states, convicted offenders (with few exceptions) are given a minimum and a maximum portion to their sentences. The maximum is usually determined by law, and the minimum is set by a judge with the legal restriction that it is not to exceed two-thirds of the maximum. The Parole Board has jurisdiction over the prisoner when he or she has served the minimum portion of the sentence.
Illing
In the US penitentiary slang, to act up or to go crazy.
Ink slinger
In the US penitentiary slang, a prisoner who draws tattoos.
Inmate (jail slang)
In the US penitentiary slang, just another prisoner. It may be a derogatory term to refer to a prisoner who does not have the values of a convict. A new prisoner who does not know the code of the prison system.
Inmate Fund
"In the US penitentiary jargon, an account where all the prisoners ""official"" money is stored and ussed to by commisary items. The Inmate Welfare Fund (IWF) is the trust account that is to be used for the benefit of all prisoners (such as renting movies, bying new recreational equipment), and is generally funded through surcharges applied to various purchases and activities. "
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Penitentiary
A prison for the punishment of convicts.
Indigent
Needy or impoverished. A defendant who can demonstrate his or her indigence to the court may be assigned a court-appointed attorney at public expense.
Account
Practice. 1) A statement of the receipts and payments of an executor, administrator, or other trustee, of the estate confided to him. 2) An account is also the statement of two merchants or others who have dealt together, showing the debits and credits between them.
Balance
Com. law. The amount which remains due by one of two persons, who have been dealing together, to the other, after the settlement of their accounts.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Indian tribe
A separate and distinct community or body of the aboriginal Indian race of men found in the United States.
Indians
The aborigines of this country are so called.
Indicia
Civil law. Signs, marks. This term is very nearly synonymous with the common law phrase, "circumstantial evidence." It was used to designate the facts giving rise to the indirect inference, rather than the inference itself.
Indictable offence
An offence which, in Canada, is more serious than those which can proceed by summary conviction. This is the Canadian equivalent to the USA "felony". Murder and treason are examples of crimes committed in Canada which would be indictable offences. These crimes are usually tried by federally-appointed judges and carry heavy sentences.
Indicted
Practice. When a man is accused by a bill of indictment preferred by a grand jury, he is said to be indicted.
Indiction
Computation of time. An indiction contained a space of fifteen years.
Indictment
Criminal law, practice. A written accusation of one or more persons of a crime or misdemeanor, presented to, and preferred upon oath or affirmation, by a grand jury legally convoked.
Indictor
He who causes another to be indicted. The latter is sometimes called the indictee.
Indifferent
To have no bias nor partiality. A juror, an arbitrator, and a witness, ought to be indifferent, and when they are not so, they may be challenged.
Indigent
Needy or impoverished. A defendant who can demonstrate his or her indigence to the court may be assigned a court-appointed attorney at public expense.
Indirect evidence
That proof which does not prove the fact in question, but proves another, the certainty of which may lead to the discovery of the truth of the one sought.
Indivisible
That which cannot be separated.
Indivisum
That which two or more persons hold in common without partition; undivided.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Intellectual property lawsuit
A lawsuit filed on the grounds that intellectual property rights have been violated.
Insurance lawsuit
A lawsuit filed by or against an insurance company or having to do with insurance disputes.
Indigent Inmate
Indeterminate sentencing
In most US states, convicted offenders (with few exceptions) are given a minimum and a maximum portion to their sentences. The maximum is usually determined by law, and the minimum is set by a judge with the legal restriction that it is not to exceed two-thirds of the maximum. The Parole Board has jurisdiction over the prisoner when he or she has served the minimum portion of the sentence.
Illing
In the US penitentiary slang, to act up or to go crazy.
Ink slinger
In the US penitentiary slang, a prisoner who draws tattoos.
Inmate (jail slang)
In the US penitentiary slang, just another prisoner. It may be a derogatory term to refer to a prisoner who does not have the values of a convict. A new prisoner who does not know the code of the prison system.
Inmate Fund
"In the US penitentiary jargon, an account where all the prisoners ""official"" money is stored and ussed to by commisary items. The Inmate Welfare Fund (IWF) is the trust account that is to be used for the benefit of all prisoners (such as renting movies, bying new recreational equipment), and is generally funded through surcharges applied to various purchases and activities. "
We thank you for using the Juridical Dictionary to search for Indigent Inmate. If you have a better definition for Indigent Inmate than the one presented here, please let us know by making use of the suggest a term option. This definition of Indigent Inmate may be disputed by other professionals. Our attempt is to provide easy definitions on Indigent Inmate and any other medical topic for the public at large.
This dictionary contains 8526 terms.
|
|