Black's law dictionary. HENRY CAMPBELL BLACK, M. A.. 1990.
detention hearing — Judicial or quasi judicial proceeding used to determine the propriety of detaining a person on bail or a juvenile in a shelter facility. P. F. M. v. District Court In and For County of Adams, 184 Colo. 393, 520 P.2d 742. See preliminary hearing … Black's law dictionary
hearing — A proceeding of relative formality (though generally less formal than a trial), generally public, with definite issues of fact or of law to be tried, in which witnesses are heard and evidence presented. It is a proceeding where evidence is taken… … Black's law dictionary
hearing — A proceeding of relative formality (though generally less formal than a trial), generally public, with definite issues of fact or of law to be tried, in which witnesses are heard and evidence presented. It is a proceeding where evidence is taken… … Black's law dictionary
detention — de·ten·tion n 1: the act or fact of detaining or holding back; esp: a holding in custody 2: the state of being detained; esp: a period of temporary custody prior to a trial or hearing see also preventive detention Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of… … Law dictionary
Detention of Maria Lourdes Afiuni — Judge María Lourdes Afiuni Mora is a Venezuelan who was 46 years old as of April 2010[1] and had served as a judge for eight years; she was head of the 31st Control Court of Caracas. In 2009 she was arrested on charges of corruption after… … Wikipedia
Detention of a suspect — The detention of suspects is the process of keeping a person who has been arrested in a police cell, remand prison or other detention centre before trial or sentencing. One criticism of pretrial detention is that eventual acquittal can be a… … Wikipedia
Guantanamo Bay detention camp — The Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp is a controversial [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3754238.stm Guantanamo controversy rumbles on] ] United States detention center operated by Joint Task Force Guantanamo since 2002 in Guantanamo Bay … Wikipedia
2009–2011 detention of American hikers by Iran — On July 31, 2009, three Americans, Sarah Shourd (32), Shane Bauer (28) and Joshua Fattal (28), were detained by Iranian border guards for alleged espionage and crossing into Iranian territory while hiking in Iraqi Kurdistan. Sarah Shourd was… … Wikipedia
Office for the Administrative Review of the Detention of Enemy Combatants — The Office for the Administrative Review of the Detention of Enemy Combatants, established in 2004 by the Bush administration s Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz[1], is a United States military body responsible for organising Combatant… … Wikipedia
Administrative detention — Is an arrest without trial, usually for security reasons. Arrests without trial in dictatorships against those who oppose the regime are usually not considered as administrative detentions .GeneralAdministrative detentions are defined in the law… … Wikipedia
