GI Bill - Milestone Documents

GI Bill

( 1944 )

Glossary

  • adjudicating deciding or resolving a dispute, often through a formal procedure
  • apprenticeship a period during which one learns a trade or craft by working with someone who already has those skills
  • court martial a military or naval court to hear charges under military law; a trial according to those procedures
  • domiciliary residential; related to home, lodging, or living accommodations
  • lien a right to take possession of a piece of property and, if necessary, sell it to pay off a debt
  • prosthesis relating to an artificial device to replace a body part, such as a leg or arm
  • subsistence something that helps to maintain life or necessary living conditions
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The GI Bill (National Archives and Records Administration)

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