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Lifer
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LiferIn the US penitentiary slang, a prisoner serving a life sentence.
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Penitentiary
A prison for the punishment of convicts.
Prisoner
One held in confinement against his will.
Life
The aggregate of the animal functions which resist death. Bichat.
Sentence
A judgment, or judicial declaration made by a judge in a cause. The term judgment is more usually applied to civil, and sentence to criminal proceedings.
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Life
The aggregate of the animal functions which resist death. Bichat.
Life annuity
An annual income to be paid during the continuance of a particular life.
Life estate
A right to use and to enjoy land and/or structures on land only for the life of the life tenant. The estate reverts back to the grantor (or to some other person), at the death of the person to whom it is given. A property right to last only for the life of the life tenant is called the estate "pur sa vie." If it is for the duration of the life of a third party, it is called an estate "pur autre vie". The rights of the life tenant are restricted to conduct which does not permanently change the land or structures upon it.
Life imprisonment
A sentence to serve prison for the rest of one's life. Although illegal in most civilized countries, it still exists in many third world and undemocratic countries, and in some US states (just like capital punishment).
Life on the Installment Plan (LIP)
In the US penitentiary slang, serving an effective life sentence through a series of lesser terms.
Life tenant
The beneficiary of a life estate.
Life-assurance
An insurance of a life, upon the payment of a premium; this may be for the whole life, or for a limited time. On the death of the person whose life has been insured, during the time for which it is insured, the insurer is bound to pay to the insured. the money agreed upon.
Life-rent
Scotch law. A right to use and enjoy a thing during life, the substance of it being preserved. A life-rent cannot, therefore, be constituted upon things which perish in the use; and though it may upon subjects which gradually wear out by time, as household furniture, &c., yet it is generally applied to heritable subjects. Life-rents are divided into conventional and legal.
Lifestyle changes
A possible indicator of theft is the sudden change in lifestyle such as exhibiting more than usual wealth.
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Lame (prison)
In the US penitentiary slang, someone who doesn't fit in with a certain click.
Laying it down
In the US penitentiary slang, robbing anoter person of their goods.
Laying the track
In the US penitentiary slang, having sex.
Lettuce (prison)
In the US penitentiary slang, prisoners who go out to gang rape.
Life on the Installment Plan (LIP)
In the US penitentiary slang, serving an effective life sentence through a series of lesser terms.
Lifer
Limbo (prison)
In the US penitentiary slang, time in jail before trial.
Little bitch
In Texan penitentiary slang, a sentence of fifty or more years.
Lockdown (jail)
In the US penitentiary slang, the policy of confining a group of prisoners or an entire prison to cells.
Lock in the sock
In Canadian penitentiary slang, a lock or other heavy object that is put in a sock for use as a weapon.
Loogan
In Ontario penitentiary slang, a mentally ill prisoner.
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Penitentiary
A prison for the punishment of convicts.
Prisoner
One held in confinement against his will.
Life
The aggregate of the animal functions which resist death. Bichat.
Sentence
A judgment, or judicial declaration made by a judge in a cause. The term judgment is more usually applied to civil, and sentence to criminal proceedings.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Life
The aggregate of the animal functions which resist death. Bichat.
Life annuity
An annual income to be paid during the continuance of a particular life.
Life estate
A right to use and to enjoy land and/or structures on land only for the life of the life tenant. The estate reverts back to the grantor (or to some other person), at the death of the person to whom it is given. A property right to last only for the life of the life tenant is called the estate "pur sa vie." If it is for the duration of the life of a third party, it is called an estate "pur autre vie". The rights of the life tenant are restricted to conduct which does not permanently change the land or structures upon it.
Life imprisonment
A sentence to serve prison for the rest of one's life. Although illegal in most civilized countries, it still exists in many third world and undemocratic countries, and in some US states (just like capital punishment).
Life on the Installment Plan (LIP)
In the US penitentiary slang, serving an effective life sentence through a series of lesser terms.
Life tenant
The beneficiary of a life estate.
Life-assurance
An insurance of a life, upon the payment of a premium; this may be for the whole life, or for a limited time. On the death of the person whose life has been insured, during the time for which it is insured, the insurer is bound to pay to the insured. the money agreed upon.
Life-rent
Scotch law. A right to use and enjoy a thing during life, the substance of it being preserved. A life-rent cannot, therefore, be constituted upon things which perish in the use; and though it may upon subjects which gradually wear out by time, as household furniture, &c., yet it is generally applied to heritable subjects. Life-rents are divided into conventional and legal.
Lifestyle changes
A possible indicator of theft is the sudden change in lifestyle such as exhibiting more than usual wealth.
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Lame (prison)
In the US penitentiary slang, someone who doesn't fit in with a certain click.
Laying it down
In the US penitentiary slang, robbing anoter person of their goods.
Laying the track
In the US penitentiary slang, having sex.
Lettuce (prison)
In the US penitentiary slang, prisoners who go out to gang rape.
Life on the Installment Plan (LIP)
In the US penitentiary slang, serving an effective life sentence through a series of lesser terms.
Lifer
Limbo (prison)
In the US penitentiary slang, time in jail before trial.
Little bitch
In Texan penitentiary slang, a sentence of fifty or more years.
Lockdown (jail)
In the US penitentiary slang, the policy of confining a group of prisoners or an entire prison to cells.
Lock in the sock
In Canadian penitentiary slang, a lock or other heavy object that is put in a sock for use as a weapon.
Loogan
In Ontario penitentiary slang, a mentally ill prisoner.
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