live at Her Majesty's pleasure

Verb

UK colloquial

(UK, colloquial) To spend time in prison or jail.

Japanese Meaning

刑務所や拘置所に収監され、服役する / 刑務所に居住して刑期を全うする

What is this buttons?

After the conviction, he was told he would live at Her Majesty's pleasure, with no set release date.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

有罪判決の後、彼は定められた釈放日もなく無期限に拘束されると告げられた。

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Sense（1）

(UK, colloquial) To spend time in prison or jail.

'I treat patients who are living at Her Majesty's pleasure. They come to the hospital from Full Sutton prison and they are treated in the same way as anyone else.'

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

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lives at Her Majesty's pleasure

（ present singular third-person ）

living at Her Majesty's pleasure

（ participle present ）

lived at Her Majesty's pleasure

（ participle past ）

lived at Her Majesty's pleasure

（ past ）

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