noun. The act of incarcerating or imprisoning; imprisonment.

noun. In surgery, obstinate constriction, as of a hernia, or retention, as of the placenta in childbirth; strangulation, as in hernia.

noun. The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment.

noun. undefined

noun. Formerly, strangulation, as in hernia.

noun. A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation.

noun. The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment.

noun. Formerly, strangulation, as in hernia.

noun. A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation.

noun. the state of being imprisoned

"A spokesman for the L.A. Sheriff's Office told People magazine that Lohan won't be released early this time, though, because her incarceration is a court order, not a jail sentence."