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incarceration — I noun arrest, bondage, captivity, career, commitment, confinement, confinement by public authority, confinement in a jail, confinement in a penitentiary, confinement under legal process, constraint, custodia, custodianship, custody, detention,… … Law dictionary
The Seal of Confession — The Law of the Seal of Confession † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Law of the Seal of Confession In the Decretum of the Gratian who compiled the edicts of previous councils and the principles of Church law which he published about 1151,… … Catholic encyclopedia
pound — A place for confinement of strays and other animals found running at large illegally, maintained by public authority or maintained by a private agency through contract or arrangement with public authority. Massachusetts Society for Prevention of… … Ballentine's law dictionary
restraint — Confinement, abridgment, or limitation. Prohibition of action; holding or pressing back from action. Hindrance, confinement, or restriction of liberty. Obstruction, hindrance or destruction of trade or commerce. See restraint of trade stop. @… … Black's law dictionary
Inquisition — • By this term is usually meant a special ecclesiastical institutional for combating or suppressing heresy Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Inquisition Inquisition … Catholic encyclopedia
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