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A prison; a place appointed by law for the detention of prisoners. A prison for those awaiting trial or those convicted of misdemeanors and serving less than one year. A jail is an inhabited dwelling house within the state of New York, which makes the malicious burning of an inhabited dwelling-house to be arson.

 - n. A kind of prison; a building for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding. Jail bird, a prisoner; one who has been confined in prison. A county or municipal prison for those ...