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time served

time served noun: time spent in remand awaiting trial, when credited after a guilty verdict usually by subtracting from the sentence.

Noun

time served (uncountable)

  1. Time spent in remand awaiting trial, when credited after a guilty verdict usually by subtracting from the sentence.
    • The defendant was not innocent, but he was let go with time served.

Questions about time served

What does time served mean?
Time served means time spent in remand awaiting trial, when credited after a guilty verdict usually by subtracting from the sentence.
What part of speech is time served?
Time served is a noun.

Words near time served in the dictionary

  1. time sections
  2. time sense
  3. time series
  4. time series animation
  5. time series animations
  6. time served
  7. time service
  8. time services
  9. time sheet
  10. time sheets
  11. time shifting

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