life imprisonment
noun
(in Britain) an indeterminate sentence always given for murder and as a maximum sentence in several other crimes. There is no remission, although the Home Secretary may order the prisoner's release on licence
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Historical Examples of life imprisonment
Kolya, because of extreme youth, was punished by life-imprisonment.
Atlantic NarrativesMary Antin
To make such a concession was to pass upon it a sentence of life-imprisonment!
Love's PilgrimageUpton Sinclair
Life-imprisonment has taken its place; without pardoning power anywhere, even when the plea of insanity has been sustained.
1931: A Glance at the Twentieth CenturyHenry Hartshorne
Why should not the life-imprisonment of the heretic safeguard the faithful as well as his death?
Medival Heresy and the InquisitionA. S. Turberville
The respite was granted on the 13th of January; life-imprisonment was substituted for death.
The Liberation of ItalyCountess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco