A special condition the court imposes that requires an individual to work – without pay – for a civic or nonprofit organization.

Service that is designed to assist in addressing community problems such as housing, poverty, government, recreation, employment, youth opportunities, transportation, health, and land use.

Unpaid work that benefits the community and that may be required of a convicted defendant as an alternative to a jail sentence.

In the criminal law area, community service refers to a form of sentencing involving an activity that benefits the community to compensate for harm done. The object of community service orders is to p [..]

A service performed by an individual or organization to benefit the public and its institutions. While the term is often used as a synonym for volunteering, community service work can be paid or unpai [..]

Sentencing option whereby offender performs volunteer work for government, non-profit or community-based organizations.

Requirement to complete unpaid work for a specified number of hours as punishment for an offense. Proof of service requires a signed letter from an employee on the organization’s letterhead. Additiona [..]

n. servicio comunitario, servicio a la comunidad, trabajar al servicio de la comunidad

Non-academic activities that impose some restriction on a student's capacity to participate in, or complete an assessment requirement (e.g. elite athletes, jury duty and Defence forces leave). Fo [..]

special condition the court imposes that requires an individual to work–without pay–for a civic or nonprofit organization.

  A court imposed sanction that requires offenders to work in the community to repay society for the harm done by their actions.

A sentence, which in lieu of or in addition to other sanctions, requires the offender to perform service to the community in the form of public works or volunteering with social agencies (such as hospitals).

A court imposed sanction that requires offenders to work in the community to repay society for the harm done by their actions.

The performance of unpaid work, usually in a social service setting, aimed specifically at restoring the victim and community for the harm caused by a juvenile’s delinquent activity.

Unpaid work intended to be of some social value. Last updated:  7/14/2015

refers to action taken to meet the needs of others and better the community as a whole. Benjamin Barber writes that community service is an essential component of democratic citizenship. "Service to the neighborhood and to the nation are not the gifts of altruists but a duty of free men and women whose freedom is itself wholly dependent on the [..]

refers to "Services which are identified by an institution of higher education, through formal or informal consultation with local nonprofit, governmental, and community-based organizations, as designed to improve the quality of life for community residents, particularly low-income individuals, or to solve particular problems related to their [..]

Service or activity done for the benefit of the community at large, such as cleaning, fundraising, pro bono professional services, etc. (legal) Such work done as alternative for a criminal penalty [..]