JAIL DELIVERY

jail delivery. 1. An escape by several prisoners from a jail. 2.Archaic. A clearing procedure by which all prisoners at a given jail are tried for the offenses that they are accused of having committed.

general jail delivery.Collectively, acquittals in high numbers as a result of either lax or

reckless administration of the law or defects in the law.

3.Archaic. The commission issued to judges of assize, directing them to clear a jail by trying — and either acquitting or condemning — all the inmates. 4.Archaic. The court charged with the trial of all ordinary criminal cases. — Also written gaol delivery. See COMMISSION OF GAOL DELIVERY.

[Blacks Law 8th]