Sentence examples for minimum term that from inspiring English sources

His co-accused was acquitted; Mr Megrahi was sentenced to life, with a minimum term that was later set at 27 years.

But I must also identify the minimum term that you must serve.

Schedule 21 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 sets the "tariff", or minimum term, that murderers must serve.

Negotiators agreed on a compromise on minimum terms that was short of what US negotiators had sought, people involved in the closed-door talks said.

"Making a living as an actor is ultimately a function of how often someone works, and that can't be guaranteed by the minimum terms that are set by the SAG contract," said Jesse Hiestand, an alliance spokesman.

Negotiators agreed on a compromise on minimum terms that was short of what US negotiators had sought and that would effectively grant biologic drugs a period of five to eight years free from the threat of competition from generic versions.

Judges were obliged to calculate a "tariff" or "minimum term", the period that a prisoner serving an IPP sentence would have to serve before they could try to persuade the parole board that they should be released.

The BTD is a diagram in which the minimum number of terms that have to be used to achieve the desired accuracy can be read.

The conclusion that I reach is that you pose a very serious danger to the public, in particular young women, and the fixing of the minimum term should properly reflect that finding".

Lord Justice Treacy, sitting with two other judges, announced that the one proposed ground of appeal against conviction was not arguable, and rejected an argument that the minimum term of 35 years was "manifestly excessive".

"We wish however to emphasise that that is only a minimum term.