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LAW

LAW may refer to:* Anti-tank warfare, e.g. the US Army M72 LAW or the British Army LAW 80*Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights ...
 legal status refers to the concept of individuals having a particular place in society, relative to the law, as it determines the laws which affect them. Degrees of status, as well as the rights and statutes which apply, vary in accordance with several standard (as well as specialized designations).

Various terms are used by different jurisdiction
Jurisdiction

In law, jurisdiction is the practical authority granted to a formally constituted legal body or to a political leader to deal with and make pronouncements on legal matters and, by implication, to administer justice within a defined area of responsibility....
s to refer to people and their status under the law.






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In law
LAW

LAW may refer to:* Anti-tank warfare, e.g. the US Army M72 LAW or the British Army LAW 80*Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights ...
 legal status refers to the concept of individuals having a particular place in society, relative to the law, as it determines the laws which affect them. Degrees of status, as well as the rights and statutes which apply, vary in accordance with several standard (as well as specialized designations).

Various terms are used by different jurisdiction
Jurisdiction

In law, jurisdiction is the practical authority granted to a formally constituted legal body or to a political leader to deal with and make pronouncements on legal matters and, by implication, to administer justice within a defined area of responsibility....
s to refer to people and their status under the law. These may include terms such as:
  • slave
  • citizen or elector
    Elector

    An elector can be anyone who has a Voting in an election.* The prince-electors of the Holy Roman Empire were the highest college in the Imperial diet....
  • minor
    Minor (law)

    In law, the term minor is used to refer to a person who is under the age in which one legally assumes adulthood and is legally granted rights afforded to adults in society....
    , ie a legal child
  • enlisted soldier
    Soldier

    A soldier is a general English term that refers to a land component of national armed forces.In most societies of the world, "soldier" is also a general term for any member of the land forces including Commissioned officer and non-commissioned officers....
    , serviceman
    Serviceman

    See also Troop The term serviceman, alternatively service member, refers to non-commissioned member of an armed forces. More generally, the term can be applied to officers as well....
     or conscript
  • convicted felon
    Felony

    A felony is a serious crime in the United States and previously other common law countries. The term originates from English common law where felonies were originally crimes which involved the confiscation of a convicted person's land and goods; other crimes were called misdemeanors....
  • enemy combatant
    Enemy combatant

    Enemy combatant is a term historically referring to members of the armed forces of the state with which another state is at war. Prior to 2008, the definition was: "Any person in an armed conflict who could be properly detained under the laws and customs of war." In the case of a civil war or an insurrection the term "enemy state" may be repl...
     or prisoner of war
    Prisoner of war

    A prisoner of war is a combatant who is held in continuing custody by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict....


Most such terms have technical (legal) meanings in their respective jurisdictions or under international law
International law

Public international law concerns the structure and conduct of states and intergovernmental organizations. To a lesser degree, international law also may affect multinational corporations and individuals, an impact increasingly evolving beyond domestic legal interpretation and enforcement....
. However, some such terms are politically controversial and their use may induce strong emotions, eg:
  • illegal immigrant, refugee
    Refugee

    Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, a refugee is a person who flees to a foreign country or power to escape danger or persecutionOwing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion, is outside the country of their nationality,...
     or exile
    Exile

    Exile means to be away from one's home while either being explicitly refused permission to return and/or being threatened by prison or death upon return....
  • political prisoner
    Political prisoner

    A political prisoner is someone held in prison or otherwise detained, perhaps under house arrest, for his or her involvement in Politics....