accumulative sentence

accumulative sentence
A sentence—a court's formal pronouncement of the legal consequences of a person's conviction of a crime—additional to others, imposed on a defendant who has been convicted upon an indictment containing several counts, each charging a distinct offense, or who is under conviction at the same time for several distinct offenses; each sentence is to run consecutively, beginning at the expiration of the previous sentence.

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


accumulative sentence
A sentence—a court's formal pronouncement of the legal consequences of a person's conviction of a crime—additional to others, imposed on a defendant who has been convicted upon an indictment containing several counts, each charging a distinct offense, or who is under conviction at the same time for several distinct offenses; each sentence is to run consecutively, beginning at the expiration of the previous sentence.

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  • accumulative sentence — /əˌkjumjələtɪv ˈsɛntəns/ (say uh.kyoohmyuhluhtiv sentuhns) noun a sentence of imprisonment which is to be served after another sentence already imposed (opposed to concurrent sentence) …  

  • accumulative sentence — A sentence, additional to others, imposed on a defendant who has been convicted upon an indictment containing several counts, each of such counts charging a distinct offense, or who is under conviction at the same time for several distinct… …   Black's law dictionary

  • accumulative sentence — A sentence, additional to others, imposed on a defendant who has been convicted upon an indictment containing several counts, each of such counts charging a distinct offense, or who is under conviction at the same time for several distinct… …   Black's law dictionary

  • 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

  • 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

  • sentence — The judgment formally pronounced by the court or judge upon the defendant after his conviction in a criminal prosecution, imposing the punishment to be inflicted, usually in the form of a fine, incarceration, or probation. See e.g. 18 U.S.C.A. No …   Black's law dictionary

  • 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… …   Law dictionary

  • concurrent sentence — /kənkʌrənt ˈsɛntəns/ (say kuhnkuruhnt sentuhns) noun a sentence of imprisonment to be served at the same time as another sentence (opposed to accumulative sentence) …  

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