Lockup

A place of detention in a police station, court or other facility used for persons awaiting trial. In corporate law, a slang term that refers to the setting aside of Securities for purchase by friendly interests in order to defeat or make more difficult a takeover attempt. A lockup option is a takeover defensive measure permitting a friendly suitor to purchase divisions of a corporation for a set price when any person or group acquires a certain percentage of the corporation's shares. To be legal, such agreement must advance or stimulate the bidding process, to best serve the interests of the shareholders through encouraged competition.

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The other attribute of match bolt carriers was for either increased bearing surface and/or fatter dimensions that, again, were purported to result in more consistency in lock ups and positioning.

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Similarly, the traffic police have registered cases against more than 2000 motorcyclists and have sent them to lock ups, said Chief Traffic Officer (CTO) Muhammad Bin Ashraf while talking to media on Friday.

CTP fines 3650 motorcyclists

The Chief Commissioner Islamabad should make interim arrangements to keep the prisoners in judicial lock ups near Sector G-11.

CJ FSC concerned over delay in construction of model jail

Sources said Shehryar Afridi arrived at PS Pirwadhai at 12:15am and checked the police record, Roznamcha and frisked the lock ups, where he found several citizens detained by the police.

Minister suspends four cops during visit to police stations

ISLAMABAD, September 04, 2010 (Balochistan Times ): Islamabad Police have planned to improve the situation at lock ups and try to address the attitude of prisoners so that they should not become habitual criminals and merge in normal society gently with the commitment not to become part of any criminal activity in future.

Islamabad police to start special program for rehabilitation of inmates

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