Pension
A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
An allowance of money out of the public funds, to be paid periodically, to a person who has rendered special services to the state, as in war.
In English law
An annual payment made by each member of the inns of court; an assembly of the members of the society of Gray's Inn to consult of their affairs. Pension writ: a peremptory order against a member in arrears with his dues. In old English and Scots law. A payment of rent; an annual rent