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Adjustment center (prison)
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Adjustment center (prison)In the US penitentiary jargon, a segregation center.
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Penitentiary
A prison for the punishment of convicts.
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Adjudication
Practice. The giving or pronouncing a judgment in a cause;a judgment.
Adjuncts
English law. Additional judges appointed to determine causes in the High Court of Delegates, when the former judges cannot decide in consequence of disagreement, or because one of the law judges of the court was not one of the majority.
Adjunctum accessorium, civil law
Something which is an accessory and appurtenant to another thing.
Adjuration
The act by which one person solemnly charges another to tell or swear to the truth.
Adjuster
The person assigned by an insurance company to determine its obligations under a policy when a claim is made or filed.
Adjustment to immigrant status
Procedure allowing certain aliens already in the United States to apply for immigrant status. Aliens admitted to the United States in a nonimmigrant, refugee, or parolee category may have their status changed to that of lawful permanent resident if they are eligible to receive an immigrant visa and one is immediately available. In such cases, the alien is counted as an immigrant as of the date of adjustment, even though the alien may have been in the United States for an extended period of time.
Adjutant
A military officer, attached to every battalion of a regiment. It is his duty to superintend, under his superiors, all matters relating to the ordinary routine of discipline in the regiment.
Adjutant-general
A staff officer; one of those next in rank to the Commander-in-chief.
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Absconder Recovery Unit (ARU)
In the United States, an armed unit in charge with finding parole absconders.
Aryan Brotherhood
A white prison gang operating in California and possibly other US states.
Aryan Circle
A white prison gang operating in California and possibly other US states.
Ace
In the US penitentiary slang, a puff of a cigarette.
Ace boon coon
In the US penitentiary slang, an inmate's best friend.
Adjustment center (prison)
Ad Seg
Administrative segregation (prison jargon).
Aguas
In the US penitentiary slang, a Spanish word used to warn other prisoners thant an officer is making the rounds.
Ass betting
In the US penitentiary slang, gambling without any funds or means of paying back one's loses.
A fortiori
A Fortiori or fortiori. An epithet for any conclusion or inference, which is much stronger than another. "If it be so, in a feoffment passing a new right, a fortiori, much more is it for the restitution of an ancient right."
A mensa et thoro
From bed and board. A divorce a mensa et thoro, is rather a separation of the parties by act of law, than a dissolution of the marriage. It may be granted for the causes of extreme cruelty or desertion of the wife by the hushand. This kind of divorce does not affect the legitimacy of children, nor authorize a second marriage.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Penitentiary
A prison for the punishment of convicts.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Adjudication
Practice. The giving or pronouncing a judgment in a cause;a judgment.
Adjuncts
English law. Additional judges appointed to determine causes in the High Court of Delegates, when the former judges cannot decide in consequence of disagreement, or because one of the law judges of the court was not one of the majority.
Adjunctum accessorium, civil law
Something which is an accessory and appurtenant to another thing.
Adjuration
The act by which one person solemnly charges another to tell or swear to the truth.
Adjuster
The person assigned by an insurance company to determine its obligations under a policy when a claim is made or filed.
Adjustment to immigrant status
Procedure allowing certain aliens already in the United States to apply for immigrant status. Aliens admitted to the United States in a nonimmigrant, refugee, or parolee category may have their status changed to that of lawful permanent resident if they are eligible to receive an immigrant visa and one is immediately available. In such cases, the alien is counted as an immigrant as of the date of adjustment, even though the alien may have been in the United States for an extended period of time.
Adjutant
A military officer, attached to every battalion of a regiment. It is his duty to superintend, under his superiors, all matters relating to the ordinary routine of discipline in the regiment.
Adjutant-general
A staff officer; one of those next in rank to the Commander-in-chief.
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Absconder Recovery Unit (ARU)
In the United States, an armed unit in charge with finding parole absconders.
Aryan Brotherhood
A white prison gang operating in California and possibly other US states.
Aryan Circle
A white prison gang operating in California and possibly other US states.
Ace
In the US penitentiary slang, a puff of a cigarette.
Ace boon coon
In the US penitentiary slang, an inmate's best friend.
Adjustment center (prison)
Ad Seg
Administrative segregation (prison jargon).
Aguas
In the US penitentiary slang, a Spanish word used to warn other prisoners thant an officer is making the rounds.
Ass betting
In the US penitentiary slang, gambling without any funds or means of paying back one's loses.
A fortiori
A Fortiori or fortiori. An epithet for any conclusion or inference, which is much stronger than another. "If it be so, in a feoffment passing a new right, a fortiori, much more is it for the restitution of an ancient right."
A mensa et thoro
From bed and board. A divorce a mensa et thoro, is rather a separation of the parties by act of law, than a dissolution of the marriage. It may be granted for the causes of extreme cruelty or desertion of the wife by the hushand. This kind of divorce does not affect the legitimacy of children, nor authorize a second marriage.
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