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==Etymology==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] detencion, from Anglo-French or [[Latin]]; Anglo-French, from Latin detention-, detentio, from detinēre to detain
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_Century 15th century]
==Definitions==
*1 : the [[act]] or [[fact]] of detaining or holding back; especially : a holding in [[custody]]
*2 : the state of being detained; especially : a period of temporary custody prior to disposition by a [[court]]
==Description==
'''Detention''' generally refers to a [[state]] or [[government]] holding a [[person]] in a particular area (generally called a detention centre), either for [[interrogation]], or as [[punishment]] for a [[crime]] (see [[prison]]).
The term can also be used in [[reference]] to the holding of property, for the same reasons. The [[process]] of detainment may or may not have been preceded with arrest. The prisoners in Guantánamo Bay are for example referred to as "detainees".
Any [[form]] of imprisonment can be called detention, although the term is [[associated]] with [[persons]] who are being held without warrant or charge.
[[Category: Law]]
==Etymology==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] detencion, from Anglo-French or [[Latin]]; Anglo-French, from Latin detention-, detentio, from detinēre to detain
*Date: [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_Century 15th century]
==Definitions==
*1 : the [[act]] or [[fact]] of detaining or holding back; especially : a holding in [[custody]]
*2 : the state of being detained; especially : a period of temporary custody prior to disposition by a [[court]]
==Description==
'''Detention''' generally refers to a [[state]] or [[government]] holding a [[person]] in a particular area (generally called a detention centre), either for [[interrogation]], or as [[punishment]] for a [[crime]] (see [[prison]]).
The term can also be used in [[reference]] to the holding of property, for the same reasons. The [[process]] of detainment may or may not have been preceded with arrest. The prisoners in Guantánamo Bay are for example referred to as "detainees".
Any [[form]] of imprisonment can be called detention, although the term is [[associated]] with [[persons]] who are being held without warrant or charge.
[[Category: Law]]
