What is CALABOOSE? Definition of CALABOOSE in Black's Law Dictionary – Legal dictionary – Glossary of legal terms.
A term used vulgarly, and occasionally in judicial proceedings and law reports, to designate a jail or prison, particularly a town or city jail or lock up. Supposed to be a corruption of the Spanish calabozo, a dungeon. See Gilham v. Wells, 64 Ga. 194.
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