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Also referred to as LPR; a non citizen of the U.S. who has been issued a green card and granted permanent permission to reside in the U.S. … [Read more...] about LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENT

Usually in reference to a person who is a non-lawyer. Also may refer to a person without any special or professional knowledge or skill in a particular subject. … [Read more...] about LAYPERSON

The principal distinction between the terms "lawful" and "legal" is that the former contemplates the substance of law, the latter the form of law. To say of an act that it is "lawful" implies that it is authorized, sanctioned, or at any rate not forbidden, by law. To say that it is "legal" implies that it is done or performed in accordance with the forms and usages of law, or … [Read more...] about LAWING OF DOGS

A pest-house, or public hospital for persons affected with the more dangerous forms of contagious diseases; a quarantine station for vessels coming from countries where such diseases are prevalent. … [Read more...] about LAZARET, OR LAZARETTO

Without law; without lawful control. Lawful age. Full age; majority; generally the age of twenty-one years, though sometimes eighteen as to a female. … [Read more...] about LAWLESS