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determinate

adjective as in definite

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Scotland's prisons currently house 2,037 prisoners serving determinate sentences of four to 10 years, and 465 on sentences of 10 years or more.

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We are every single day in this country releasing people through determinate sentencing.

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From Tuesday, prisoners on “standard determinate sentences” will be automatically released after they have served 40% of their sentence.

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Jones was given an extended determinate sentence, where an offender receives a fixed jail term and an extended period on licence after their release.

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Determinate tomatoes: McKeever makes the case for determinate tomatoes, which are tomatoes that stay bushy instead of vining out and have a more set production, as these have more compact root systems.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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