Death House Law and Legal Definition
Death house is a cellblock in a prison where those condemned to death await execution. This is the section of prison where the execution chamber is situated. The convicts condemned to die are placed in the cells in the death house in the days before their execution. This is also called a death row.
Legal Definition list
Related Legal Terms
- Accelerated Death Benefit
- Accidental Death
- Accidental Death and Dismemberment [Insurance]
- Accidental Death Benefit
- Accidental Death Clause
- Adult Member of the Household
- American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators [ABMDI]
- Angel of Death Tax Break
- Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996
- Auction House
