Sicherungshaft
English translation: preventive detention
| 09:03 Apr 23, 2008 |
| German to English translations [PRO] Law/Patents - Law (general) / Gefängnis | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Eike Katharina Adari-von Kleist (X) Germany Local time: 18:33 | ||||||
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| 4 | remanded in custody |
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| 3 +1 | preventive detention |
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| 4 | preventive detention |
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remanded in custody Explanation: The above is the normal term used in England. Romain gives "precautionary detention" which is more of an explanation than a direct equivalent |
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12 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1preventive detention Explanation: According to Encyclopaedia Britannica: the practice of incarcerating accused individuals before trial on the assumption that their release would not be in the best interest of society—specifically, that they would be likely to commit additional crimes if they were released. [...] |
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13 mins confidence:
preventive detention Explanation: is to my thinking the corresponding term |
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