Category: P

Suspense; the state of being pendent or undecided; the state of an action, etc., after it hns been begun, and be-fore the final disposltion of it

In eccleslastlcal law. An ecclesiastical punishment inflicted by an ecclesiastical court for some spiritual offense. Ayl. Par. 420

1. The sum of money which the obligor of a bond undertakes to pay by way of penalty, in tbe event of his omitting to perform or carry out the terms imposed npon him hy the conditions of the bond. Brown; Tayloe v. Sandlford, 7 wheat 13, 5 L. Ed. 384; watt v. Sheppard, 2 […]

The wool palled off the skin or pelt of dead sheep. 8 Hen. VI. c. 22

Punishable; inflicting a punlshment; contalnlng a penalty, or relatlng to a penalty

The ball of a foot 4 Inst

A leather-seller or skin-ner. Jacob

Lat. In Roman law. A concubine. Dig. 50, 16, 144

A pilch or surplice. Spelman

The custom or duty paid for skins of leather

or PELFRE. Booty; also the personal effects of a felon convict Cowell

A peal, pile, or fort. Cowell

Issues arising from or out of a thing. Jacob

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The rank or dignlty of a peer or nobleman. Also the body of nobles taken collectively

A woman who belongs to the noblllty, which may be either in her own right or by right of marriage

Foot-soldiers

Lat In the civil and old Engllsh law. A putting or placing of the foot. A term used to denote the possession of lands by actual corporal entry npon them waggoner v. Hastings, 5 Pa. 303

Lat. A foothold; an actual possession. To constitute adverse possession there must he pedis possessio, or a substantial inclosure. 2 Bouv. Inst. no

Lineage; line of ancestors from which a person descends; genealogy. An account or register of a line of ancestors. Family relationship. Swink v. French, 11 Lea (Tenn.) 80, 47 Am. Rep. 277; People v. Mayne. 118 Cal. 516, 50 Pac. 654, 62 Am. St. Rep. 256

Lat. In old crim-lnal law. The cutting off a foot; a punishment anclently Inflicted Instead of death. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 38

In criminal law. The un-natural carnal copulation of male with male, particularly of a man with a boy; a form of sodomy, (q. v

Itinerant traders; persons who sell small wares, which they carry with them in traveling about from place to place. In re wilson, 19 D. C. 341, 12 L. R. A. 624; Com. v. Farnum, 114 Mass. 270; Hall v. State, 39 Fla. 637, 23 South. 119; Graffty v. Rushville, 107 Ind. 502, 8 N. E. […]

In old English and Scotch law. Dusty-foot. A term applied to itinerant merchants, chapmen, or peddlers who attended fairs

Lat. In Roman law. At the foot; in a lower position; on the grouud. See Judex Pedankus

In old English law. A toll or tax paid by travelers for the privilege of passing, on foot or mounted, through a forest or other protected place. Spelman

L. Lat. Pedage, (q. v

Monetary; relating to money; consisting of money

Lat. In Roman law. Cattle; a beast Under a bequest of pecudes were included oxen and other beasts of burden. Dig. 32, 81, 2

Lat. originally and radl-cally, property in cattle, or cattle themselves. So called because the wealth of the ancients consisted in cattle. Co. Litt. 207b

In English

In ecclesiastical law. A parish or church ln Englnnd whlch has jurls-dlctlon of ecclesiastical matters within itself, and lndependent of the ordinary, and is sub* Ject only to the metropolltan

In the dvii law. The unlawful appropriation, by a depositary of public funds, of the property of the govern-ment intrusted to his care, to his own use, or that of others. Domat. Supp. au Droit Public, 1. 3, tit 5. See Bork v. People, 91 N. Y. 16

A measure of two gallons; a dry measure

Lat In Roman law. Cat-tie; beasts. The term included all quadru-peds that fed ln flocks. Dig. 32, 65, 4

A piece or small quantity of ground. Paroch. Antiq. 240

As applied to the affairs of a state or nation peace may be either external or internal. In the former case, the term denotes the prevalence of amicable relations and mutual good will between the particu-lar society and all foreign powers. In the latter case, it means the tranquility, securi-ty, and freedom from commotion or […]

Fr. Country. Trial per pays, trial by Jury, (the country.) See Pais

An officer of the army or navy whose duty is to keep the pay-ac-counts and pay the wages of the officers and men. Any official charged with the disbursement of public money

The performance of a duty, promlse, or obligation, or discharge of a debt or liability, by the delivery of money or oth-er value. Also the money or other thing so. delivered. Brady v. wasson, 6 Heisk. (Tenn.) 135; Bloodworth v. Jacobs, 2 La. Ann. 24; Root v. Kelley, 39 Misc. Rep. 530, 80 N. Y. […]

In mercantile law. The person in whose favor a bill of exchange, pront-issory note, or check ls made or drawn; tho person to whom or to whose order a bill, note, or check is made payable. 3 Kent. Comm. 75

Lat. The peace of the king; that is, the peace, good order, and se-curlty for life and property which it is one of the objects of government to maintain, and which the king, as the personification of the power of the state, is supposed to guaranty to all persops within the protection of the law

The person pawning goods or delivering goods to another in pledge

Lat. ln old English law. The peace of the chnrch. A particular privilege attached to a church; sanctuary, (q. v.) Crabb, Eng. Law, 41; Cowell

The person receiving a pawn, or to whom a pawn is made; the person to whom goods are dellvered hy another in pledge

To pave is to cover with stones or brick, or other suitable material, so as to make a level or convenient surface for horses, carriages, or foot-passengers, and a sidewalk is paved when lt is laid or flagged with flat stones, as well as when paved with brick, as ls frequently done. In re Phillips, […]

A person whose busi-ness is to lend money, usually in small sums, on secnrity of personal property deposited with hith or left ln pawn. Little Rock v. Barton, 33 Ark. 444; Schaul v. Charlotte, 118 N. C. 733, 24 S. E. 526; Chlcago v. Hulbert, 118 111. 632, 8 N. E. 812, 69 Am. Rep. […]

LaL In Roman law. Damage or injury done by nn irrational animal, without active fault on the part of the owner, but for which the latter was bouud

Money paid towards paving the streets or highways

A person so poor that he must be supported at public expense; also a suitor who, on account of poverty. Is allowed to sue or defend without being chargeable with costs. In re Hoffen’s Estate, 70 wls. 522, 36 N. W. 407; Hutchiugs v. Thompson. 10 Cush. (Mass.) 238; Charleston v. Groveland, 15 Gray (Mass.) […]