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Prison - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Prison : (noun)
1: a correctional institution where persons are confined while
on trial or for punishment [syn: prison house]
2: a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement [syn:
prison house]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Prison : \Pris"on\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prisoned; p. pr. & vb.
n. Prisoning.]
1. To imprison; to shut up in, or as in, a prison; to
confine; to restrain from liberty.
The prisoned eagle dies for rage. --Sir W.
Scott.
His true respect will prison false desire. --Shak.
2. To bind (together); to enchain. [Obs.]
Sir William Crispyn with the duke was led Together
prisoned. --Robert of
Brunne.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Prison : \Pris"on\ (?; 277), n. [F., fr. L. prehensio, prensio, a
seizing, arresting, fr. prehendre, prendere, to lay hold of,
to seize. See Prehensile, and cf. Prize, n.,
Misprision.]
1. A place where persons are confined, or restrained of
personal liberty; hence, a place or state o? confinement,
restraint, or safe custody.
Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy
name. --Ps. cxlii.
7.
The tyrant [AE]olus, . . . With power imperial,
curbs the struggling winds, And sounding tempests in
dark prisons binds. --Dryden.
2. Specifically, a building for the safe custody or
confinement of criminals and others committed by lawful
authority.
Prison bars, or Prison base. See Base, n., 24.
Prison breach. (Law) See Note under 3d Escape, n., 4.
Prison house, a prison. --Shak.
Prison ship (Naut.), a ship fitted up for the confinement
of prisoners.
Prison van, a carriage in which prisoners are conveyed to
and from prison.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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PRISON. A legalPrison : is the building designated by law, or used by the
sheriff, for the confinement, or detention of those whose persons are
judicially ordered to be kept in custody. But in cases of necessity, the
sheriff may make his own house, or any other place, a prison. 6 John. R. 22.
2. An illegal prison is one not authorized by law, but established by
private authority; when the confinement is illegal, every place where the
party is arrested is a prison; as, the street, if he be detained in passing
along. 4 Com. Dig. 619; 2 Hawk. P. C. c. 18, s. 4; 1 Buss. Cr. 378; 2 Inst.
589.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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Prison : The first occasion on which we read of a prison is in the
history of Joseph in Egypt. Then Potiphar, "Joseph's master,
took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king's
prisoners were bound" (Gen. 39:20-23). The Heb. word here used
(sohar) means properly a round tower or fortress. It seems to
have been a part of Potiphar's house, a place in which state
prisoners were kept.
The Mosaic law made no provision for imprisonment as a
punishment. In the wilderness two persons were "put in ward"
(Lev. 24:12; Num. 15:34), but it was only till the mind of God
concerning them should be ascertained. Prisons and prisoners are
mentioned in the book of Psalms (69:33; 79:11; 142:7). Samson
was confined in a Philistine prison (Judg. 16:21, 25). In the
subsequent history of Israel frequent references are made to
prisons (1 Kings 22:27; 2 Kings 17:4; 25:27, 29; 2 Chr. 16:10;
Isa. 42:7; Jer. 32:2). Prisons seem to have been common in New
Testament times (Matt. 11:2; 25:36, 43). The apostles were put
into the "common prison" at the instance of the Jewish council
(Acts 5:18, 23; 8:3); and at Philippi Paul and Silas were thrust
into the "inner prison" (16:24; comp. 4:3; 12:4, 5).
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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Example Usage of Prison |
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_MARyMARy925_: just had subway wit my palangi family.hahaha..hellla yummmy dis sandwich reminds me of the sandwiches dey have in Corcoran State Prison when |
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KristinDanelle: Carlos boozer looks like he's done Prison time |
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forshannonski: Props to @mattroth416 for his current Facebook status: "I bet in Prison, everyone's relationship status is set to 'it's complicated'." |
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