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in′deter′minate sen′tence,  Criminal Law.
  1. Lawa penalty, imposed by a court, that has relatively wide limits or no limits, as one of imprisonment for one to ten years.
  • 1870–75

'indeterminate sentence' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
life imprisonment

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