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For purposes of this subsection, the term “P” means the percentage that is the arithmetic mean of the percentage determined under subparagraph (A) and the percentage determined und

The term “P–16 education” means the educational system from preschool through the conferring of a baccalaureate degree.

The term "P5+1 countries" means the United States, France, the Russian Federation, the People's Republic of China, the United Kingdom, and Germany.

A toll for passage througli another's land.

s The supreme legisla- ' ture of Great Britain, consisting of the queen, or king, the lords spiritual and temporal, and the commons. Assembles, at the queen's summons, at least onc

That which is brought forth, or borne: ofifspring, young. Partus sequitur patr'em. The offspring follows the father, — the condition of the father. Partus sequitur ventrem. The off

In old records. To pay.

The term “PAC assessment instrument” means— (i) in the case of home health agencies, the instrument used for purposes of reporting and assessment with respect to the Outcome and As

A restitution anciently made by a hundred or county for any wrong done by one that was within the same. Lambard, Arch. 125.

A measure of length, containing two feet and a half. The geometrical pace is five feet long. The common pace is the length of a step; the geometrical is the length of two steps, or

Let him be released.

Lat. Let him be freed or discharged.

For purposes of this section, the term “PACE demonstration waiver program” means a demonstration program under either of the following sections (as in effect before the date of the

For purposes of this section, the term “PACE program” means a program of all-inclusive care for the elderly that meets the following requirements: (A) The entity operating the prog

For purposes of this section, the term “PACE program agreement” means, with respect to a PACE provider, an agreement, consistent with this section, section 1396u–4 of this title (i

For purposes of this section, the term "PACE program eligible individual" means, with respect to a PACE program, an individual who— (A) is 55 years of age or older; (B) s

For purposes of this section, the term “PACE protocol” means the Protocol for the Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), as published by On Lok, Inc., as of April 14

For purposes of this section, the term “PACE provider” means an entity that— (i) subject to subparagraph (B), is (or is a distinct part of) a public entity or a private, nonprofit

To make, do, perform. Compare Fieri. Pac simile. Made like in appe Urance; a copy. Said of counterfeits, design^, signatures, trademarks, qQ.^. Paeias. That you make or cause to be

The act of making peace between two hostile or belligerent states; re-establishment of public tranqulllty.

A means of coercion short of war, usually adopted by the joint action of several nations. An instance of it occurred when Great Britain and Germany united to prevent the slave trat

The term “Pacific Insular Area” means American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Island,

The term “Pacific Island and Asian Americans” means Americans having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, or the Pacific

The term “Pacific Island Party” means a Pacific Island nation which is a party to the Treaty.

Subject to the provisions of section 835 l of this title, that portion of the construction cost of any project hereafter authorized to be constructed, operated, and maintained by t

The term "Pacific Region" means any Federal or State water— (I) adjacent to the State of Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, or Washington; and (II) extending from shore.

The term "Pacific Salmon Commission" means the Pacific Salmon Commission established by the United States and Canada under the Treaty concerning Pacific salmon, with anne

A pacifist, in the general sense of the word, is one who seeks to maintain peace and to abolish war. But the word is also used and understood to mean one who refuses or is unwillin

VIS et injuria. Force and wrong are especially contrary to peace. Co. Litt. 161. PACIFICATION (Lat. pax, peace, facere, to' make J. The act of making peace between two countries wh

Violence and injury are the greatest opponents of peace.

To deceive by false appearances; to counterfeit; to delude; as, packing a jury. See "Jury;" Bac. Abr. "Juries" (M); 12 Conn. 262.

“Package” means any container of naval stores, and includes barrel, tank, tank car, or other receptacle. / The term “package” means a pack, box, carton, or container of any kind in

The term “packaged boiler” means a boiler that is shipped complete with heating equipment, mechanical draft equipment, and automatic controls; usually shipped in one or more sectio

The term “packaged terminal air conditioner” means a wall sleeve and a separate unencased combination of heating and cooling assemblies specified by the builder and intended for mo

The term “packaged terminal heat pump” means a packaged terminal air conditioner that utilizes reverse cycle refrigeration as its prime heat source and should have supplementary he

If the Commission determines that an art material in a container equal to or smaller than one fluid ounce (30 ml) (if the product is sold by volume) or one ounce net weight (28 g)

The term "packaging materials and containers" means materials and containers in which a good is packaged for retail sale.

Improperly and corruptly to select a jury sworn and impaneled to try a case.

The name for a consignment of goods, consisting of one large parcel made up of several small ones, each bearing a different address, collefted from different persons by the immedia

any person canning fish or preserving fish by the common methods of drying, salting, pickling or smoking.

The term “packer-owned cattle” means cattle that a packer owns for at least 14 days immediately before slaughter.

The term “packer-owned swine” means swine that a packer (including a subsidiary or affiliate of the packer) owns for at least 14 days immediately before slaughter.

The term “packer-sold swine” means the swine that are— (A) owned by a packer (including a subsidiary or affiliate of the packer) for more than 14 days immediately before sale for s

In United States postal laws, a written communication of four or more sheets. See 21 Ann. Cas. (U. S.) 699, 177 Fed. 352, 35 L. R. A. (N. S.) 1034, 101 C. C. A. 328.

the practice of filling a district with a supermajority of a given group or party.

The use of improper or corrupt means in selecting a jury. See 12 Conn. 262.

The term “packing costs” means the cost of all containers and coverings of whatever nature and of packing, whether for labor or materials, used in placing merchandise in condition,

supplies that in fact are intended to be used in a packing house, and not supplies like those used in packing houses.

The term "packing materials and containers" means materials and containers that are used to protect a good during transportation.

The term “packing materials and containers for shipment” means the goods used to protect a good during its transportation and does not include the packaging materials and container

A horse load, which consists of seventeen stone and two pounds or two bundled and forty pounds weight. Fleta, 1. 2, c. 12; Cowell.

The term “PAC payment system” means— (i) with respect to a home health agency, the prospective payment system under section 1395fff of this title ; (ii) with respect to a skilled n

The terms “post-acute care provider” and “PAC provider” mean— (i) a home health agency; (ii) a skilled nursing facility; (iii) an inpatient rehabilitation facility; and (iv) a long

In civil law. An agreement made by two or more persons on the same subject, in order to form some engagement, or to dissolve or modify one already made. Conventio est duorum in ide

QUAE NEQUE contra leges, neque dolo male inlta sunt, omni modo observanda sunt. Contracts Code, 2. 3. 29; Broom, Leg. Max. (3d London Ed.) 624.

Agreements which are neither contrary to the laws nor entered into fraudulently should in every manner be observed.

Agreements which are not contrary to the laws nor entered into with a fraudulent design are in all respecte to be observed. Cod. 2, 3, 39; Broom, Max. 698, 732.

Agreements give the law to the contract. Halk. Max. 118. PACTA PRIVATA JURI PUBLICO DErogare non possunt. Private contracts cannot derogate from the public law. 7 Coke, 23. PACTA Q

Hob. 118. The stipulations of parties constitute the law of the contract.

The agreements give the law to the contract.

Private agreements cannot derogate from public right.

Private agreements do not derogate from common right.

It is unquestionably the law that agreements which are made contrary to the laws and the statutes or against good morals have no force.

That contracts which are made against law or against good morals have no forco is a principle of undoubted law. Cod. 2, 3, 6.

Agreements which contain an immoral consideration are not to be kept. See 2 Pet. (U. S.) 539, 7 L. Ed. 508.

An agreement not to niienate incumbered (particularly mortgaged) property. This stipulation, sometimes found in mortgages made in Louisiana, and derived from the Spanish law, binds

Same as Pactum.

A pact; a contract.

Relating to or generating an agreement; by way of bargain or covenant.

In international law. Contracts between nations which are to be performed by a single act, and of which execution is at an end at once. 1 Bouv. Inst, note 100. PACTIS PRIVATORUM JU

Private agreements do not derogate from public right.

Settled by agreement.

In the civil law. An agreement not to sue. A simple convention whereby a creditor promises the debtor that he will not enforce his clnim. Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 542.

In the civil law. An agreement by which a creditor promised to pay a porlion of a debt difficult to recover to a person who undertook to recover it. Wharton.

By agreement a certain thing may be lawful which without the agreement would not be permitted.

Co. Litt 166. By special agreement things are allowed which are not otherwise permitted.

An agreement; a promise; a contract.

An agree- son who will undertake to recover it. In ment of forfeiture. See Lex Commissoria. general attorneys should abstain from making such a contract: jet it is not unlawful PAC

An agreement to pay money.

A “whips.” See May, Pari. Prac. clause inserted in mortgages in Louisiana PAIS, PAYS. A French word, signifywhich secures to the mortgage creditor the ing country. In law, matter i

An agreement not to sue.

(Civil Law) An agreement to collect a debt for a share of the collection.

Lat. In the law of evidence. The fact to be proved; afact which isin issue, and to which evidence Isto bedirected. 1 Greenl. Hy. § 13.

(Civil Law) An agreement without consideration, enforceable because of the formality of its execution. See 40 N. J. L. 446.

COURT OF. In English ecclesiastical law. A jurisdiction or tribunal belonging to the archbishop. It does not hold pleas in any suits, but creates rights to pews, monuments, and par

In this subparagraph the term “PADD” means a Petroleum Administration for Defense District.

A robber; a foot highwayman. PA6A (Spanish). In Spanish law. Payment. Las Partldas, pt. 5, tit. 14, lib. 1, pagamento, satisfaction.

A small inclosure for deer or other animals.

An effigy of St. Patrick. See 4 Clark (Pa.), 17.

ii The apparel and ornaments of a wife, suitable to her rank and degree.' A term borrowed from the civil law. Paraphernal. Pertaining to paraphernalia; also, to property declared t

A parent; a father. In loco parentis. In the place of the pai'ent. Said of a person invested with the rights and charged -with the duties of the parent of a child, as, a guardian,

5 1. A circuit of ground committed to the charge of one parson or vicar, or other minister having the cure of souls therein.*" Whence parochial. A corporation established solely fo

'See Blockade.

(Spanish) Payment.

A petty magistrate of a pagus or little district in the country.

“page” means a page of the House of Representatives, but such term does not include a full time, permanent employee of the House of Representatives with supervisory responsibility

In~ commercial law. A denormination of money in Bengal. In the computation of ad valorem duties it is valued at one dollar and ninety-four cents. Act March 2, 1799, § 61 (1 Story,

A county.

1. 1. In old English law. To pay. Paiavit: (he) paid.

“paid-in and unimpaired capital and surplus” means the balance of the paid-in share accounts and deposits as of a given date, less any loss that may have been incurred for which th