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probationIn law, the placing of offenders under supervision of probation officers in the community, as an alternative to prison. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Austin, probation officer, Court of General Sessions," he explained. His probation was generally passed at the interior trading posts; removed for years from civilized society, leading a life almost as wild and precarious as the savages around him; exposed to the severities of a northern winter, often suffering from a scarcity of food, and sometimes destitute for a long time of both bread and salt. The three months' interval of Frank's probation in London passed less cheerfully than usual in the household at Combe-Raven. |
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