Pension

IO 1. (1) In Gray's Inn, an assembly of the members of the society to '* consult " over their affairs. (2) An annual payment due from each member. A " pension writ " was a sort of peremptory order against a member who was in arrears with his dues.i^ 2. In lieu of a corody, especially when due 1 Chaffee v. United States, 18 Wall. 538 (1873), Field, Justice.

2 Elliott V. East Penn. R. Co., 93 U. S. 576 (1878). 3 L. pendere, to hang.

4 Wentworth v. Farmington, 48 N. H. 207 (1868); 3 Cliff. 371; 4 Watts, 156. a_Wegman u Childs, 41 N. Y. 163 (1869); Ulshaferu Stewart, 71 Pa. 170, 174 (1872); 142 Mass. 96. * L. pc^nitentia, penitence: pcena^ punishment. " Penitentiary " has meant: a penitent, an ordainer of penances, and a place for penitents. See Locus, Penitentias. ■^ Miliars.

State. 2 Kan. 183 (1863). 8 4B1.

Com. 371. " 1 W. Bl. Rep. xxi; 1 Shars. Bl. xvi; 4 Bl. Com. 371. ^^F. pension: L. pensionem, pensio^ weighing, defrom ecclesiastical persons, and which is a right of sustenance or to receive certain allotments of victual and provision for one's maintenance, a " pension" or sum of moneyis sometimes substituted.! 3. A periodical allowance of money granted by a government for services rendered, in particular to a soldier or sailor in connection with a war or with military operations.^ Whence pensionary (n. and adj.) and pensioner. See Debt, Public. PEONAGE; The state or condition of a peon,— in Mexico, a debtor held in servitude until he has worked out his debt. See Citizen, Amendment, XIV.