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jail
(redirected from gaoling)

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jail: see prison prison, place of confinement for the punishment and rehabilitation of criminals. By the end of the 18th cent. imprisonment was the chief mode of punishment for all but capital crimes.
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jail, gaol
a place for the confinement of persons convicted and sentenced to imprisonment or of persons awaiting trial to whom bail is not granted

jail
1. A prison.
2. A building or place for the legal detention of persons.


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He is also Art Director and Overseas Curator of the Shanghai Jingzhe Art Association and Overseas Curator of the Wison Art Center, Shanghai, the Director of the Hunan Province Ceramic Art Association, a member of the respected Gaoling International Academic Society and, besides this, holds several other positions.
 
 
 
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