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Baker Acts

Baker Acts is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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)

  1. (US, intransitive, transitive) 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

Questions about Baker Acts

What is Baker Acts the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Baker Acts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of Baker Act.

Words near Baker Acts in the dictionary

  1. bakepans
  2. baker
  3. Baker Act
  4. Baker Acted
  5. Baker Acting
  6. Baker Acts
  7. Baker City
  8. Baker County
  9. Baker day
  10. Baker days
  11. Baker Island

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