REFORMATORY SCHOOLS
\ɹɪfˈɔːmətəɹˌi skˈuːlz], \ɹɪfˈɔːmətəɹˌi skˈuːlz], \ɹ_ɪ_f_ˈɔː_m_ə_t_ə_ɹ_ˌi s_k_ˈuː_l_z]\
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In English law. Schools to which convicted juvenile offenders (under sixteen) may be sent by order of the court before which they are tried, if the offense be punishable with penal servitude or imprisonment, and the sen- tence be to imprisonment for ten days or more. Wharton.
By Henry Campbell Black
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).