Sentence

(sen'těnz.) [From L. sententia, a perceiving.] (Gram.) A period; or a number of words which a ociate together to form a complete sense, and are then followed by a full pause. A simple S. consists of one subject and one finite verb; as, " the woman loves." A compound S. comprises two or more subjects and finite verbs; as, " he told me that he distrusted me."-(Law.) A judicial decision openly and officially pronounced in a criminal prosecution. [s. 814]