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time definition - legal

n

Slang

  1. A measure of continuity, or duration.
  2. A certain point in a given duration when something is said to have occurred.
  3. The period of incarceration of a convicted criminal. See also reasonable time.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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