place of confinement
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place in confinement — index arrest (apprehend), commit (institutionalize), imprison, jail Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
confinement — con|fine|ment [kənˈfaınmənt] n 1.) [U] formal the act of putting someone in a room, prison etc that they are not allowed to leave, or the state of being there ▪ They were held in confinement for three weeks. ▪ He visited prisoners at their place… … Dictionary of contemporary English
confinement — con·fine·ment n 1: the act of confining 2: the state of being confined Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. confinement … Law dictionary
ORCUS (i. e. place of confinement), another name for Hades, or the World of the Dead; also of the god of the nether world. — a test by fire, water, poison, wager of battle, or the like, of the innocence or guilt of persons in appeal thereby to the judgment of God in default of other evidence, on the superstitious belief that by means of it God would interfere to… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
confinement — [[t]kənfa͟ɪnmənt[/t]] confinements 1) N UNCOUNT Confinement is the state of being forced to stay in a prison or another place which you cannot leave. She had been held in solitary confinement for four months... He d obviously kept himself fit… … English dictionary
confinement — UK [kənˈfaɪnmənt] / US noun Word forms confinement : singular confinement plural confinements 1) [uncountable] a situation in which someone is forced to stay in a place, especially a prison, and not allowed to leave She started writing poetry… … English dictionary
confinement — con|fine|ment [ kən faınmənt ] noun 1. ) uncount a situation in which someone is forced to stay in a place, especially a prison, and not allowed to leave 2. ) count or uncount OLD FASHIONED the time during which a pregnant woman gives birth … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
confinement — [kənˈfaɪnmənt] noun [U] a situation in which someone is forced to stay in a place … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
New Safe Confinement — Computer impression of the New Safe Confinement to cover No.4 Reactor at Chernobyl The New Safe Confinement (NSC or New Shelter) is the structure intended to contain the nuclear reactor at Chernobyl, Ukraine, part of which was destroyed by the… … Wikipedia
Christopher Smart's asylum confinement — Christopher Smart The English poet Christopher Smart (1722–1771) was confined to mental asylums from May 1757 until January 1763. Smart was admitted into St Luke s Hospital for Lunatics … Wikipedia
