"life sentence" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: life sentences [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} life sentence (plural life sentences)
  1. (law) A sentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life. Categories (topical): Directives, Law Derived forms: natural life sentence Translations (sentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life): سَجْن مَدَى اَلْحَيَاة (sajn madā l-ḥayāh) [masculine] (Arabic), سَجْن مُؤَبَّد (sajn muʔabbad) [masculine] (Arabic), حُكْم مُؤَبَّد (ḥukm muʔabbad) [masculine] (Arabic), حَبْس مُؤَبَّد (ḥabs muʔabbad) [masculine] (Arabic), cadena perpètua [feminine] (Catalan), 無期徒刑 (Chinese Mandarin), 无期徒刑 (wúqī túxíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 終身監禁 (Chinese Mandarin), 终身监禁 (zhōngshēn jiānjìn) (Chinese Mandarin), doživotí [neuter] (Czech), levenslange gevangenisstraf [feminine] (Dutch), levenslang (Dutch), dumviva malliberiĝo (Esperanto), dumviva karcero (Esperanto), dumviva malliberejo (Esperanto), ĝismorta malliberejo (Esperanto), elinkautinen (Finnish), condamnation à perpétuité [feminine] (French), emprisonnement à perpétuité [masculine] (French), lebenslange Haftstrafe (German), lebenslänglich (German), ισόβια (isóvia) [feminine] (Greek), életfogytiglan (Hungarian), ergastolo [masculine] (Italian), 終身刑 (shūshinkei) (alt: しゅうしんけい) (Japanese), 종신형 (jongsinhyeong) (alt: 終身刑) (Korean), ജീവപര്യന്തം തടവ് (jīvaparyantaṁ taṭavŭ) (Malayalam), dożywocie [neuter] (Polish), prisão perpétua [feminine] (Portuguese), închisoare pe viață (Romanian), пожи́зненное заключе́ние (požíznennoje zaključénije) [neuter] (Russian), cadena perpetua [feminine] (Spanish), presidio perpetuo [masculine] (Spanish), prisión perpetua [feminine] (Spanish), livstidsstraff [neuter] (Swedish), án chung thân (Vietnamese), chung thân (Vietnamese), tù chung thân (Vietnamese)

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          "sense": "sentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life",
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          "sense": "sentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life",
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "sentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life",
          "word": "închisoare pe viață"
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          "code": "ru",
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          "sense": "sentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life",
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          "sense": "sentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life",
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          "word": "cadena perpetua"
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          "word": "án chung thân"
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      "word": "終身刑"
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      "sense": "sentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life",
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      "word": "prisão perpétua"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "sentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life",
      "word": "închisoare pe viață"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "požíznennoje zaključénije",
      "sense": "sentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life",
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      "sense": "sentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life",
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      "word": "cadena perpetua"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life",
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      "word": "presidio perpetuo"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life",
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      "word": "prisión perpetua"
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      "sense": "sentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life",
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      "word": "livstidsstraff"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "sentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life",
      "word": "án chung thân"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "sentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life",
      "word": "chung thân"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "sentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life",
      "word": "tù chung thân"
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  "word": "life sentence"
}

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