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time servednoun
Time spent in remand awaiting trial, when credited after a guilty verdict usually by subtracting from the sentence.
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Time Served
Time Served is a 1999 R-rated American prison film directed by Glen Pitre and starring Catherine Oxenberg, Jeff Fahey, Louise Fletcher, James Handy, and Bo Hopkins. Foreign-language versions were produced in German (Ausgebeutet - Hölle hinter Gittern), in Spanish (Condenada sin ley), in Italian (Dietro le sbarre), and in Hungarian (Leszolgált idő).
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Time served
In criminal law, "time served" describes a sentence where the defendant is credited immediately after the guilty verdict with the time spent in remand awaiting trial. The time is usually subtracted from the sentence, with only the balance being served after the verdict. For example, the final verdict in the trial of Louise Woodward was that she was guilty, and her sentence was "time served". In this case, this meant she was immediately released. Time served simply refers to "the period a criminal defendant has been in jail, while awaiting either bail or awaiting trial." Often, as a matter of law, a judge will give a defendant 'credit for time served,' particularly when sentencing for misdemeanors. Example: Johnny Jumpstart was arrested for drunk driving and spent the night in jail before he was released on his own recognizance. Since the minimum sentence in his state was 48 hours, the judge will sentence him to that time, less 14 hours for time served. After lengthy waits in jail before trial, 'time served' may become very important to the defendant. In some cases, time served may earn credit at a different rate than regular incarceration. For example, the defendant may get credit for a multiple of the amount of time spent in remand, say 2 times, so that 2 months in remand gives 4 months credit toward the sentence.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Time Served in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Time Served in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of Time Served in a Sentence
I'm glad he got some time served.
We just wanted some justice, just not to be two years or four years with time served... We don't feel that in our opinion, that was fair justice.
We wanted to let them know what benefits they had earned because these are soldiers that had done their time, served their country.
In fact for his federal case the judge did not find terrorist acts, which led to his sentence of time served.
Oh, he plea bargained. Got him off with time served in the county jail, he’d been in the county jail about two months.
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