What is "house arrest"

n. (context legal English) confinement of a person to his or her residence, sometimes with a limited travel allowance, ordered by a judge or other authority as a more lenient alternative to imprisonment.

n. confinement to your own home

In justice and law, house arrest (also called home confinement, home detention, or electronic monitoring) is a measure by which a person is confined by the authorities to a certain residence. Travel is usually restricted, if allowed at all. House arrest is an alternative to prison time or juvenile-detention time.

While house arrest can be applied to criminal cases when prison does not seem an appropriate measure, the term is often applied to the use of house confinement as a measure of repression by authoritarian governments against political dissidents. In that case, typically, the person under house arrest does not have access to any means of communication. If electronic communication is allowed, conversations will most likely be monitored. With some electronic monitoring units, the conversations of prisoners can be directly monitored via the unit itself.

House Arrest (Haunted Graffiti 5) is the fifth album from Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti series, first released in September 2002 as two CD set with Lover Boy, re-issued on January 24, 2006 by Paw Tracks and Ballbearings Pinatas.

"House Arrest" is the twenty-fourth episode of the HBO original series The Sopranos and is the eleventh of the show's second season. It was written by Terence Winter, directed by Tim Van Patten and originally aired on March 26, 2000.

House Arrest is a 1996 comedy film. The film was directed by Harry Winer who has directed other films but is more prolific as a television series director. The film stars Jamie Lee Curtis and Kevin Pollak. The film boasts a very thorough supporting cast in Christopher McDonald, Wallace Shawn, Jennifer Tilly, and an up-and-coming Jennifer Love Hewitt.

House Arrest was released on August 14, 1996 and went on to gross just over $7 million at the box office. It was widely panned by critics, particularly Chicago critic Gene Siskel, who loathed the film and gave it zero stars out of 4.

House Arrest was shot at various locations in the U.S. states of California and Ohio. Monrovia, California was the location for several exterior house scenes while most interior shots were done at the CBS/Radford lot in Studio City, California. The story was set in Defiance, Ohio, although another town, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, actually doubled for it.

House Arrest is a hit single by British group Krush. Released in 1987, (Dany Culot prod') it is hailed as one of the forerunners of the British house music scene and became the group's biggest hit, reaching number 3 on the UK Singles Chart in January 1988 and a few weeks later number 5 on the German Single Charts and number 1 for 2 weeks in Switzerland.

"House Arrest" is the 18th episode in the third season of M*A*S*H. It originally broadcast on February 4, 1975.

House arrest is the legal confinement of a person to his or her place of residence.

House arrest may also refer to:

• House Arrest (film), a 1996 comedy film
• House Arrest (The Sopranos episode),
• House Arrest (The Murder House Trilogy), a Hardy Boys novel
• House Arrest (talk show), hosted by comedian Andy Dick
• " House Arrest (song)", a 1987 song by dance act Krush
• "House Arrest", a song by Bryan Adams from Waking Up the Neighbours
• House Arrest (album), byAriel Pink

House Arrest on Bulgarian Домашен арест(Domashen arest) is Bulgarian sitcom produced by BTV. The series are the generation of the new Bulgarian movies.Some critics told that is one of the most successful Bulgarian sitcom.