conditionally discharge
Frequency: 4.81.3 per million words
To release a guilty person from court without punishment, on the condition that they do not reoffend.
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- He was conditionally discharged after admitting the theft.
- The judge decided to conditionally discharge the first-time offender for two years.
- She was conditionally discharged, meaning she avoids a criminal record if she stays out of trouble.
- For such a minor offence, it's likely you will be conditionally discharged.
- The court can conditionally discharge someone if it believes punishment is not necessary.
- If you re-offend during the discharge period, you can be sentenced for the original crime because you were only conditionally discharged.
- The magistrates conditionally discharged him and ordered him to pay court costs.
- My client received a sentence where she was conditionally discharged for 18 months.
- Instead of imposing a fine, the court chose to conditionally discharge the youth.
- Being conditionally discharged is not a conviction, but it is recorded on the Police National Computer.