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general jail delivery

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A quick definition of general jail delivery:

General Jail Delivery: When a group of prisoners escape from jail or when all the prisoners in a jail are tried for the crimes they are accused of committing. Sometimes, many prisoners are found not guilty because of mistakes made by the people in charge of the law. In the past, judges were given a special order to clear out a jail by trying all the inmates. This was called a commission of gaol delivery.

A more thorough explanation:

Definition: General jail delivery refers to the process of clearing a jail by trying all inmates for the offenses they are accused of committing. It can also refer to an escape by several prisoners from a jail or a situation where there are high numbers of acquittals due to lax or reckless administration of the law or defects in the law.

  • Several prisoners escaped from the jail last night, leading to a general jail delivery.
  • The court ordered a general jail delivery to clear the jail of all inmates by trying them for their offenses.
  • Due to defects in the law, there was a general jail delivery with high numbers of acquittals.

These examples illustrate different situations where the term "general jail delivery" can be used. The first example shows an escape by several prisoners, which is one of the meanings of the term. The second example shows the process of clearing a jail by trying all inmates, which is the original meaning of the term. The third example shows a situation where there are high numbers of acquittals due to defects in the law, which is another meaning of the term.

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[] AromaticTroubledDormouse
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[] baddestbunny
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every time I get accosted by a strange man who follows me around because my male coworkers were too busy talking to walk me back to my car I get closer to saying we need to bring back traditional gender roles
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[] baddestbunny
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I said accosted not assaulted
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guys. my notre dame address just went long is this good or bad
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Oooooo me too
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omg is this good or bad
Dkk
23:47
Idk if gender roles are gunna fix that then.
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it looks like most people who applied in october last cycle didn't get a decision until january... does it even mean anything that our addresses went long??
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reporting live to say my ndls address also went long
does it mean anything ^
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NDLS and Fordham took a very long time last year. It's good info for people to know.
[] baddestbunny
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let’s get after it boys and girls
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Big day today. Gunna be a crazy one. I will sleep through the first half.
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also jazzy my ndls address went long ages ago i sadly do not think it means anything
my stanford address also went long LOL i think at most it's an indicator it's under review
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