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[3]: 165 In Canada retentions are known as "holdback" payments; since 1997 all retention monies in Canada must be held in ring-fenced accounts. [3]: 164 [3]: 24 Retentions are used in Australia; in New South Wales all retention monies for projects in excess of $20 million must be held in ring-fenced accounts with an authorised bank.
Man with his hands bound behind his back, detained in Brasília. Any form of imprisonment where a person's freedom of liberty is removed can be classed as detention, although the term is often associated with persons who are being held without warrant or charge before any have been raised.
"John got arrested for being drunk and disorderly, the police cuffed him and threw him in the back of the Meat Wagon." Not applicable in the United States, where the term is used to describe a coroner's van, nor in Germany, where a Mietwagen is a hired car. Meat wagon is the name given to ambulances in the UK Memur Bey Common slang used in Turkey.
abbreviation of pro tempore, meaning "for the time being" Something, such as an office held, that is temporary. pro tempore: for the time being Something, such as an office held, that is temporary. propria persona: proper person Refers to one representing themselves without the services of a lawyer. Also known as pro per representation. qua ...
Combs is being held in solitude within the Special Housing Unit at Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center, a federal jail that previously housed R. Kelly before and during the trial of the ...
A New Law Protects Two Beloved Species From Being Held in Captivity. Eliana Riley. December 30, 2024 at 10:55 AM.
Although the first example of civilian internment may date as far back as the 1830s, [10] the English term concentration camp was first used in order to refer to the reconcentration camps (Spanish:reconcentrados) which were set up by the Spanish military in Cuba during the Ten Years' War (1868–1878).
The head of Canada’s largest crypto company, WonderFi, is free after being kidnapped in Toronto on Wednesday. After electronically paying a ransom of $1 million Canadian dollars, or $720,660 ...