Definition of "jail"

noun:
- A place for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody or detention, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.
  
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- Confinement in a jail.
  
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- School.
  
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- The condition created by the requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at another track for some period of time (usually 30 days).
  
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verb:
- To imprison.
  
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