just desserts

just desserts
A retributive theory of criminal punishment that proposes reduced judicial discretion in sentencing and specific sentences for criminal acts without regard to the individual defendant.

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


just desserts
A retributive theory of criminal punishment that proposes reduced judicial discretion in sentencing and specific sentences for criminal acts without regard to the individual defendant.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

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  • Just Desserts — may refer to:* Just Desserts shooting, an armed robbery and fatal shooting committed in Toronto in 1994 * Just Desserts (Cory in the House episode), the eighth episode of the Disney Channel sitcom Cory in the House * Just Desserts (film), a 2004… …   Wikipedia

  • just desserts —    When someone gets their just desserts, they are rewarded or punished according to what they deserve.     Liz got her just desserts when she was excluded from the committee. She is totally unreliable …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • just deserts / just desserts —    Just deserts are what you deserve (desert = that which is deserved ).    Just desserts are a fair reward for eating all your dinner as well as a common misspelling of just deserts …   Confused words

  • just deserts / just desserts —    Just deserts are what you deserve (desert = that which is deserved ).    Just desserts are a fair reward for eating all your dinner as well as a common misspelling of just deserts …   Confused words

  • Just Desserts shooting — The Just Desserts shooting was a notable crime that occurred in Toronto on the evening of Tuesday, April 5, 1994. Just after 11:00 PM, a group of three men barged into the Just Desserts Café, a popular café in Toronto s Annex neighbourhood. One… …   Wikipedia

  • Just Desserts (film) — Infobox Film name = Just Desserts caption = director = Kevin Connor producer = Lincoln Lageson Randy Pope writer = Joseph Tropiano starring = music = Roger Bellon cinematography = Maximo Munzi editing = Colleen Halsey distributor = released =… …   Wikipedia

  • just you wait and see — wait to see that I m right; wait to see that you ll get your just desserts …   English contemporary dictionary

  • just deserts —  Not desserts. The expression has nothing to do with the sweet course after dinner. It comes from the French for deserve, which may help you to remember that it has just one middle s. Juvenal. (c. 60–c. 140) Roman poet; full name Decimus Junius… …   Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • just deserts —    not desserts. The expression has nothing to do with the sweet course after dinner. It comes from the French for deserve, which may help you to remember that it has just one middle s …   Dictionary of troublesome word

  • just deserts — Meaning The receipt of a fair punishment for ills you have created. Origin Note the single s in deserts. It is more often given with two as it is pronounced like desserts (the sweet course at the end of a meal) rather than deserts (arid sandy… …   Meaning and origin of phrases

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