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Term: IMPARCARE
Definition: Imparcare means to put someone in jail or prison. In the past, it was used to describe the act of impounding or confining someone during a trial or before they were executed. The word "carcer" is related to imparcare and refers to a jail or prison used for detention rather than punishment. The word "incarceration" comes from carcer.
Definition: Imparcare (im-pahr-kair-ee) is a legal term that means to enclose or impound. In history, it was used to refer to confining someone in prison.
Example: During the medieval times, if someone was accused of a crime, they would be imparcared in a carcer, which was a type of prison used for detention during trial or after sentencing.
Explanation: The example illustrates how imparcare was used to confine someone in a carcer, which was a type of prison used for detention rather than punishment. The term imparcare was used to describe the act of impounding or enclosing someone in a carcer.