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Term: Jail Delivery
Definition: Jail delivery refers to when several prisoners escape from a jail or when all prisoners at a jail are tried for the crimes they are accused of committing. In the past, it was also a commission given to judges to clear a jail by trying and either acquitting or condemning all the inmates. Sometimes, if many prisoners are acquitted due to problems with the law or its administration, it is called a general jail delivery.
Definition: Jail delivery refers to an escape by several prisoners from a jail. It can also refer to a clearing procedure by which all prisoners at a given jail are tried for the offenses that they are accused of having committed.
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The examples illustrate how jail delivery can refer to both an escape by prisoners and a legal process for clearing a jail of its inmates. In the first example, the escape of several prisoners is a clear instance of jail delivery. In the second example, the term refers to a legal process that can result in either acquittals or convictions for the inmates.