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DETENTION IN A REFORMATORY, AS A PUNISHMENT OR MEASURE OF PREVENTION Definition & Legal Meaning

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is where a juvenile offender is sentenced to be sent to a reformatory school, to be there detained fora certain period of time. 1 Russ. Crimes, 82.

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