To terminate or suspend an employee or group of employee through no fault of the employee. This is typically done when an employer cannot afford to pay an employee, where a business division has been terminated or the demand and need for the position has waned. … [Read more...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]