Asylum
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
An institution for the protection or relief of the unfortunate, as an asylum for the poor, for the deaf and dumb, or for the insane.
Webster.
In International Law. Refuge to a fugitive from justice.
In old English Law. A sanctuary.(9- «•) AT.
The word "at" is generally used as a ■word of limitation, but its meaning is governed by the context, which determines whether it is to be used in an inclusive or exclusive sense. As applied to place, it means a relation of proximity to; nearness; near; about.
70 111. App. 242.
In its customary acceptation, the word "at," used as descriptive of time, is generally understood to mean "at the time of," —not before or after.
154 111. 247.