accumulative judgment

accumulative judgment
A second or additional judgment against a person who has already been convicted and sentenced for another crime; the execution of the second judgment is postponed until the person's first sentence has been completed.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


accumulative judgment
A second or additional judgment against a person who has already been convicted and sentenced for another crime; the execution of the second judgment is postponed until the person's first sentence has been completed.

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  • accumulative judgment — Where a person has already been convicted and sentenced, and a second or additional judgment is passed against him, the execution of which is postponed until the completion of the first sentence, such second judgment is said to be accumulative.… …   Black's law dictionary

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