determinate
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The French Revolution then dynamited Europe’s old order and dynamized society as a collective organism, evolving in a “quasi-biological and determinate way.”
Prisoners on standard determinate sentences - a fixed-length prison term - could move to the post-custody stage after serving one-third of their sentence providing they behave well.
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Scotland's prisons currently house 2,037 prisoners serving determinate sentences of four to 10 years, and 465 on sentences of 10 years or more.
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We are every single day in this country releasing people through determinate sentencing.
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From Tuesday, prisoners on “standard determinate sentences” will be automatically released after they have served 40% of their sentence.
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