Code 21

Code 21

In the US penitentiary slang, masturbation.

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Penitentiary
A prison for the punishment of convicts.

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Code
Legislation. Signifies in general a collection of laws. It is a name given by way of eminence to a collection of such laws made by the legislature.

Code de commerce
The French Commercial Code, promulgated by Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte in 1807.

Code Henri
A digest of the laws of Haiti, enacted by Henri, king of Hayti. It is based upon the Code Napoleon, but not servilely copied. It is said to be judiciously adapted to the situation of Hayti. A collection of laws made by order of Henry III of France, is also known by the name of Code Henri.

Code of ethics
A document adopted by an organization that describes the expectations of the organization of employee and management behavior to all employees, suppliers, customers, the government, and the community.

Code of federal regulations
An annual publication which contains the cumulative executive agency regulations.

Code of professional conduct
The rules of conduct that govern the legal profession.

Code papirian
The name of a collection of the Roman laws, promulgated by Romulus, Numa, and other kings who governed.

Code prussian
Allgemeines Landrecht. This code is also known by the name of Codex Fredericianus, or Frederician code. It was compiled by order of Frederic H., by the minister of justice, Samuel V. Cocceji, who completed, a part of it before his death, in 1755.

Code theodosian
This code, which originated in the eastern empire, was adopted in the Western empire towards its decline. It is a collection of the legislation of the Christian emperors, from and including Constantine to Theodosius, the Younger; it is composed of sixteen books, the edicts, acts, rescripts, and ordinances of the two empires, that of the east and that of the west.

Code, justinian
Civil law. A collection of the constitutions of the emperors, from Adrian to Justinian;

Code, napoleon
The Code Civil of France, enacted into law during the reign of Napoleon, bore his name until the restoration of the Bourbons when it was deprived of that name, and it is now cited Code Civil.

Codex
Literally, a volume or roll. It is particularly applied to the volume of the civil law, collected by the emperor Justinian, from all pleas and answers of the ancient lawyers, which were in loose scrolls or sheets of parchment. These he compiled into a book which goes by the name of Codex.

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Click up
In the US penitentiary slang, to join a gang.

Clipper pass
In the US penitentiary slang, a special shaving pass that allows prisoners with medical conditions to shave only once a week or to wear short beards.

Commandos (prison)
In the US penitentiary slang, prisoners who go to another prisoners bunk or cell, after lights out, for sexual reasons.

Convict (prison)
In the US penitentiary slang, a prisoner with traditional values. One who has pride and respect, who maintains integrity, who is not an informant, whose word is good. A convict is different from an inmate.

Convict boss
In the US penitentiary slang, a prisoner given authority in a prison system.

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Corner (prison)
In the US penitentiary slang, a corner is defined by who a man hangs out with. That's his corner.

Count (prison)
In the US penitentiary slang, the institutional count, repeated at different times in the day. Everything stops while prison staff make sure no one is missing.

Cowboy (prison)
"In the US penitentiary slang, a new officer. Spelled backwards, its ""yobwoc:"" young, obnoxious, bastard we often con."

Crime of passion (jail)
In the US penitentiary slang, a prisoner serving time on a sex crime.

Crimey
In the US penitentiary slang, a best friend or co-defendant.