Religion & Spirituality. Definition: Chai (××) is a Hebrew word and symbol that means âlife.â It is spelled with the Hebrew letters Het (×) and Yud (×). Jews will often wear a Chai on a necklace, sometimes with a Star of David or Hamsa. Chai is pronounced as if you were saying âhiâ in English.
In its most common usage in corrections units, the term lockdown can be defined as a course of action to control the movement of inmates. Confining all prisoners, except workers, to their cells until the end of the day is an example of a lockdown period in a corrections schedule.
In U.S. politics, a government shutdown is the process the Executive Branch must enter into when the Congress creates a funding gap by choosing not to or failing to pass legislation funding government operations and agencies, or, after the Congress passes a bill to fund the government and sends it to the President, the President vetoes that bill.