Florida legal term
Institution in Florida Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Florida legislative session
In Florida criminal law, “Institution” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Florida criminal code.
What does “Institution” mean in Florida criminal law?
“Institution” means any penal or correctional facility, including, but not limited to, a facility for the mentally ill or mentally defective, in which inmates as defined in (d) above may lawfully be confined. (Fla. Stat. § 941.56)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Administration of medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) to persons convicted of sexual battery
- “Bookmaking” defined; penalties; exceptions
- Dealing in dead bodies
- Educational institutions or school boards; penalty for disruption
- Escapes; penalty
- Misleading advertisements prohibited; penalty
- Misleading solicitation of payments prohibited
- Misrepresentation of association with, or academic standing at, postsecondary educational institution
- Notification to Department of Law Enforcement of information on juvenile sexual offenders
- Notification to Department of Law Enforcement of information on sexual offenders
- Prosecution for worthless checks, drafts, debit card orders, or electronic funds transfers made to pay any tax or associated amount administered by the Department of Revenue
- Punishment for making derogatory statements concerning banks and building and loan associations
Related terms in the same statutes
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