jail delivery
noun
a liberation of persons from prison, especially by force.
the act of clearing a jail of prisoners by bringing them to trial, as at the assizes in England.
Origin of jail delivery
late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75
Words nearby jail delivery
Example sentences from the Web for jail delivery
Occasionally this circuit is performed a third time for the purpose of jail-delivery.
“Such a jail-delivery has never been known in New England,” is the testimony handed down.
The Salem witchcraft, The planchette mystery, and Modern spiritualism |Harriet Beecher StoweMiss Murdstone made a jail-delivery of her pocket-handkerchief, and held it before her eyes.
The Personal History of David Copperfield |Charles Dickens
British Dictionary definitions for jail delivery
jail delivery
noun
forcible and illegal liberation of prisoners from jail
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