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Meanings of perpetual imprisonment in English

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Usage of perpetual imprisonment in English
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To kill them or keep them in perpetual imprisonment is also impossible.
"The Kingdom of God Is Within You" / Christianity Not as a Mysti...
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To speak of state affairs is prohibited on pain of perpetual imprisonment.
Egmont
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He was captured, tried for high treason, and sentenced to perpetual imprisonment.
The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's C...
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Consequently the sentence of perpetual banishment was commuted into that of perpetual imprisonment.
Celebrated Crimes (Complete)
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The penalties were various, including scourging, the galleys and perpetual imprisonment.
The Age of the Reformation
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What is it to them if he be given over to perpetual imprisonment?
A Splendid Hazard
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In 1777, Madame Derues was sentenced to perpetual imprisonment, and confined at the Salpetriere.
Derues / Celebrated Crimes
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He granted his estate to his family, and condemned the witnesses to perpetual imprisonment.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol. I., Part F. / From...
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Some of the prisoners were beheaded; others were sentenced to perpetual imprisonment; others were banished.
Peter the Great
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And the sentence of perpetual imprisonment was deemed illegal.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol. I., Part F. / From...
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Besides these, the inquisitors condemned seventy-nine to perpetual imprisonment.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 08 / The Later Ren...
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The Commentaries finally were released from perpetual imprisonment.
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2
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He was, in reward, condemned to perpetual imprisonment.
Germany from the Earliest Period, Volume 4
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Grotius and Hoogerbeets were sentenced to perpetual imprisonment.
Holland: The History of the Netherlands
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This unjustifiable sentence was afterwards commuted into one of perpetual imprisonment in the Castle of St. Angelo.
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3
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She threatened the gallows, and handcuffs, and perpetual imprisonment, and an action for damages amidst her lamentations.
The Way We Live Now
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