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jail delivery

jail delivery

noun
1.
a liberation of persons from prison, especially by force.
2.
the act of clearing a jail of prisoners by bringing them to trial, as at the assizes in England.

Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English
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jail delivery
 
n
1.  forcible and illegal liberation of prisoners from jail
2.  English law (formerly) a commission issued to assize judges when they come to a circuit town authorizing them to try all prisoners and release those acquitted

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