Refuge - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: refugerefugee
refugee : an individual seeking refuge or asylum ;esp : an individual who has left his or her native country and is unwilling or unable to return to it because of persecution or fear of persecution (as because of race, religion, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion) ...
safe haven
safe haven Temporary refuge given to migrants who have fled their countries of origin to seek protection or relief from persecution or other hardships, until they can return to their countries safely or, if necessary until they can obtain permanent relief from the conditions they fled. Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ...
temporary protected status (tps)
temporary protected status (tps) Establishes a legislative basis for allowing a group of persons temporary refuge in the United States. Under a provision of the Immigration Act of 1990, the Attorney General may designate nationals of a foreign state to be eligible for TPS with a finding that conditions in that country pose a danger to personal safety due to ongoing armed conflict or an environmental disaster. Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ...
Beild
A place of shelter protection refuge...
Cyclone cellar
A cellar or excavation used for refuge from a cyclone or tornado...
Harbor
A station for rest and entertainment a place of security and comfort a refuge a shelter...
Hospice
A convent or monastery which is also a place of refuge or entertainment for travelers on some difficult road or pass as in the Alps as the Hospice of the Great St Bernard...
Lazzaroni
The homeless idlers of Naples who live by chance work or begging so called from the Hospital of St Lazarus which serves as their refuge...
Paracelsus
Philippus Aureolus Paracelsus originally Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim also called Theophrastus Paracelsus and Theophrastus von Hohenheim Born at Maria Einsiedeln in the Canton of Schwyz Switzerland Dec 17 or 10 Nov 1493 died at Salzburg Sept 23 or 24 1541 A celebrated German Swiss physician reformer of therapeutics iatrochemist and alchemist He attended school in a small lead mining district where his father William Bombast von Hohenheim was a physician and teacher of alchemy The family originally came from Wuumlrtemberg where the noble family of Bombastus was in possession of the ancestral castle of Hohenheim near Stuttgart until 1409 He entered the University of Basel at the age of sixteen where he adopted the name Paracelsus after Celsius a noted Roman physician But he left without a degree first going to Wurtzburg to study under Joannes Trithemius Abbot of Sponheim 1462 1516 a famous astrologer and alchemist who initiated him into the mysteries of alchemy He then spent many...
Refuge
To shelter to protect...
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