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Loogan






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.



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In the US penitentiary slang, the policy of confining a group of prisoners or an entire prison to cells.

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In the US penitentiary slang, to be cuffed and taken to segregation.

Label
A narrow slip of paper or parchment, affixed to a deed or writing hanging at or out of the same. This name is also given to an appending seal.

Labor
Continued operation; work.

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Requirement for U.S. employers seeking to employ certain persons whose immigration to the United States is based on job skills or nonimmigrant temporary workers coming to perform services for which qualified authorized workers are unavailable in the United States. Labor certification is issued by the Secretary of Labor and contains attestations by U.S. employers as to the numbers of U.S. workers available to undertake the employment sought by an applicant, and the effect of the alien’s employment on the wages and working conditions of U.S. workers similarly employed. Determination of labor availability in the United States is made at the time of a visa application and at the location where the applicant wishes to work.

Laches
This word, derived from the French lecher, is nearly synonymous with negligence. In general, when a party has been guilty of laches in enforcing his right by great delay and lapse of time, this circumstance will at common law pre-judice, and sometimes operate in bar of a remedy which it is discretionary and not compulsory in the court to afford. In courts of equity, also delay will generally prejudice.

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