Definition of Impresonment
Im*pris"on ment (?), n. [OE.
enprisonment; F. emprisonnement.] The act of
imprisoning, or the state of being imprisoned; confinement;
restraint.
His sinews waxen weak and raw
Through long imprisonment and hard constraint.
Spenser.
Every confinement of the person is an
imprisonment, whether it be in a common prison, or in a
private house, or even by foreibly detaining one in the public
streets. Blackstone.
False imprisonment. (Law) See under
False.
Syn. -- Incarceration; custody; confinement; durance;
restraint.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Being forced to serve a sentence in a jail or prison.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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