Jail term (8)
I believe the answer is:
sentence
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">jail term</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for sentence that I've seen before include "Writing piece" , "That which ends with a full stop" , "Punishment handed down by a court" , "Court's punishment" , "Unit of writing" .)