civil commitment
- IPA[ˌsivil kəˈmitmənt]
美式
- post-sentence institutional detention of an offender with the intention of preventing further offenses
noun: civil commitment, plural noun: civil commitments
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. post-sentence institutional detention of an offender with the intention of preventing further offenses a 75-year-old convicted sex offender being held in civil commitment