default imprisonment
Defined in 1 dictionary — Case Law
Definitions from Case Law
United States Supreme Court
commitment for failure to pay has not been viewed as a part of the punishment or as an increase in the penalty; rather, it has been viewed as a means of enabling the court to enforce collection of money that a convicted defendant was obligated by the sentence to pay
Defined by the Supreme Court in - Williams v. Illinois, 399 U.S. 235 (1970).