Baker Acting
Baker Acting is the present participle and gerund of Baker Act.
Meaning of Baker Act
Verb
Baker Act (third-person singular simple present Baker Acts, present participle Baker Acting, simple past and past participle Baker Acted)
- To invoke the Baker Act, i.e., the involuntary institutionalization and examination of an individual in the state of Florida, or (by extension) elsewhere in the United States.
- Court records show he was previously ruled not competent for prosecution, Baker Acted 33 times and released back onto the street. The Baker Acts include the child molestation and prior indecent exposure arrests.2018 February 27, Kent Justice, “Jacksonville man charged with masturbating in front of kids”, in News4Jax
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- What is Baker Acting the present participle and gerund of?
- Baker Acting is the present participle and gerund of Baker Act.
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