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Refusal
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RefusalThe act of declining to receive or to do something.
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Receive
To receive. Voluntarily to take from another what is offered.
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Refugee
Any person who is outside his or her country of nationality who is unable or unwilling to return to that country because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution. Persecution or the fear thereof must be based on the alien’s race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion. People with no nationality must generally be outside their country of last habitual residence to qualify as a refugee.
Refugee approvals
The number of refugees approved for admission to the United States during a fiscal year.
Refugee arrivals
The number of refugees admitted to the United States through ports of entry during a fiscal year.
Refugee authorized admissions
The maximum number of refugees allowed to enter the United States in a given fiscal year. As set forth in the Refugee Act of 1980 the President determines the annual figure after consultations with Congress.
Refugee-parolee
A qualified applicant for conditional entry, between February 1970 and April 1980, whose application for admission to the United States could not be approved because of inadequate numbers of seventh preference visas. As a result, the applicant was paroled into the United States under the parole authority granted to the Secretary of Homeland Security.
Refund
To refund. To pay back by the party who has received it, to the party who has paid it, money which ought not to have been paid.
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Refugee
Any person who is outside his or her country of nationality who is unable or unwilling to return to that country because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution. Persecution or the fear thereof must be based on the alien’s race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion. People with no nationality must generally be outside their country of last habitual residence to qualify as a refugee.
Refugee approvals
The number of refugees approved for admission to the United States during a fiscal year.
Refugee arrivals
The number of refugees admitted to the United States through ports of entry during a fiscal year.
Refugee authorized admissions
The maximum number of refugees allowed to enter the United States in a given fiscal year. As set forth in the Refugee Act of 1980 the President determines the annual figure after consultations with Congress.
Refugee-parolee
A qualified applicant for conditional entry, between February 1970 and April 1980, whose application for admission to the United States could not be approved because of inadequate numbers of seventh preference visas. As a result, the applicant was paroled into the United States under the parole authority granted to the Secretary of Homeland Security.
Refusal
Regency
The authority of the person in monarchical countries invested with the right of governing the state in the name of the monarch, during his minority, absence, sickness or other inability.
Regent
1) A ruler, a governor. The term is usually applied to one who governs a regency, or rules in the place of another. 2) In the canon law, it signifies a master or professor of a college. 3) It sometimes means simply a ruler, director, or superintendent.
Regiam majestatem
The name of an ancient law book ascribed to David I of Scotland.
Regicide
The killing of a king and, by extension, of a queen.
Regidor
Laws of the Spanish empire of the Indies. One of a body, never exceeding twelve, who formed a part of the ayuntamiento or municipal council in every capital of a jurisdiction. The office of regidor was held for life, that is to say, during the pleasure of the supreme authority. In most places the office was purchased; in some cities, however, they were elected by persons of the district, called capitulares.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Receive
To receive. Voluntarily to take from another what is offered.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Refugee
Any person who is outside his or her country of nationality who is unable or unwilling to return to that country because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution. Persecution or the fear thereof must be based on the alien’s race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion. People with no nationality must generally be outside their country of last habitual residence to qualify as a refugee.
Refugee approvals
The number of refugees approved for admission to the United States during a fiscal year.
Refugee arrivals
The number of refugees admitted to the United States through ports of entry during a fiscal year.
Refugee authorized admissions
The maximum number of refugees allowed to enter the United States in a given fiscal year. As set forth in the Refugee Act of 1980 the President determines the annual figure after consultations with Congress.
Refugee-parolee
A qualified applicant for conditional entry, between February 1970 and April 1980, whose application for admission to the United States could not be approved because of inadequate numbers of seventh preference visas. As a result, the applicant was paroled into the United States under the parole authority granted to the Secretary of Homeland Security.
Refund
To refund. To pay back by the party who has received it, to the party who has paid it, money which ought not to have been paid.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Refugee
Any person who is outside his or her country of nationality who is unable or unwilling to return to that country because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution. Persecution or the fear thereof must be based on the alien’s race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion. People with no nationality must generally be outside their country of last habitual residence to qualify as a refugee.
Refugee approvals
The number of refugees approved for admission to the United States during a fiscal year.
Refugee arrivals
The number of refugees admitted to the United States through ports of entry during a fiscal year.
Refugee authorized admissions
The maximum number of refugees allowed to enter the United States in a given fiscal year. As set forth in the Refugee Act of 1980 the President determines the annual figure after consultations with Congress.
Refugee-parolee
A qualified applicant for conditional entry, between February 1970 and April 1980, whose application for admission to the United States could not be approved because of inadequate numbers of seventh preference visas. As a result, the applicant was paroled into the United States under the parole authority granted to the Secretary of Homeland Security.
Refusal
Regency
The authority of the person in monarchical countries invested with the right of governing the state in the name of the monarch, during his minority, absence, sickness or other inability.
Regent
1) A ruler, a governor. The term is usually applied to one who governs a regency, or rules in the place of another. 2) In the canon law, it signifies a master or professor of a college. 3) It sometimes means simply a ruler, director, or superintendent.
Regiam majestatem
The name of an ancient law book ascribed to David I of Scotland.
Regicide
The killing of a king and, by extension, of a queen.
Regidor
Laws of the Spanish empire of the Indies. One of a body, never exceeding twelve, who formed a part of the ayuntamiento or municipal council in every capital of a jurisdiction. The office of regidor was held for life, that is to say, during the pleasure of the supreme authority. In most places the office was purchased; in some cities, however, they were elected by persons of the district, called capitulares.
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