Law Dictionary

The term “PDP sponsor” means a nongovernmental entity that is certified under this part as meeting the requirements and standards of this part for such a sponsor.

the tranquility enjoyed by the citizens of a municipality or a community where good order reigns among its members.

Free from the character of force, violence, or trespass; as, a "peaceable entry" on lands. "Peaceable possession" of real estate is such as is acquiesced in by all other persons, i

See Assembly; Liberty of Speech.

See Peaceable.

the term “Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty” means the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on Underground Nuclear Explosions fo

that term as used implies not only absence of violence, but absence of any unlawful act. It precludes the intimidation of customers. It precludes any form of physical obstruction o

The term “peacekeeping force” includes those personnel assigned to a force engaged in a peacekeeping operation authorized by the United Nations Security Council.

Usually by statute includes sheriffs, constables and marshals, and their deputies and policemen.

The words, “in the peace of God and the said commonwealth, then and there being,’’ as used in indictments for homicide and in the definition of murder, mean merely that it is not m

The freedom from suits ^t law between the terms. Spelman; Jacob. PECCATA CONTRA NATURAM SUNT gravissima. Offenses against nature are the heaviest. 3 Inst. 20. PECCATUM PECCATO ADDI

The protection, security, and immunity from violence which the state undertakes to secure and extend to nil persons within its jurisdiction and entitled to the bane-fit of its laws

A tribunal empowered to try any oflicer of government or other person brought to its bar by the process of imthe senate; and in the several states, usually, the upper house of the

Compare Possible. An agreement to locate a railway station " at the nearest practicable point " within a mile of a courthouse was held not to intend the nearest possible point, hut

The term “peakload powerplant” means a powerplant the electrical generation of which in kilowatt hours does not exceed, for any 12-calendar-month period, such powerplant’s design c

" Taking, receifring; enjoyment. Pernancy of the profits of an estate is the taking, perception, or receipt of the rents and other advantages arising therefrom. See Perception. Per

The term “pecan” means the nut of the pecan tree carya illinoensis.

Offenses against nature are most serious.

An offense; a fault.

One who connects with the protection of his defense a wrong which he has committed adds a crime to a crime.

5 Coke, 49. He adds fault to fault who sets up a defense of a wrong committed by him.

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

A measure of capacity, equal to two gallons. See "Measure." PECORA (Lat.; pi. of peeus). In the Roman law. Cattle; beasts. The term included all quadrupeds that fed in flocks. Dig.

I. In the Roman law. A little money or property; a private or separate property; a limited amount of money or property, which a son or servant was allowed to have, separate from th

In Roman law. Money owing (even upon a moral obligation) upon a day being fixed

In the civil law. Money not paid. The subject of an exception or plea in certain cases. Inst. 4, 13, 2.

Plural of Pecus.

Plural of Pecus.

In Civil Law. The unlawful appropriation, by a depositary of public funds, of the property of the government intrusted to his care, to his own use or that of others. Domat, Supp. a

In the civil law. The offense of stealing or embezzling the public money. Hence the common English word "peculation;" but "embezzlement" is the proper legal term. 4 Bl. Comm. 121,

An English parish independent of the ordinary.

See Court of Peculiars. PEC U LI U M (Lat.). In Civil Law. Private property. The most ancient kind of pecuhum was the peculium profcctitium of the Roman law, which signified that p

(Roman Law) The personal effects of a wife, a child, or a slave.

That property which a minor son who was in the army might hold by reason thereof, or which he acquired in war. PECUNIA (Lat.) In civil law. Property, real or personal, corporeal or

In Roman law. That kind of peculium, which a son acquired in war, or from his connection with the camp, (castrum.) Heinecc. Elem. lib. 2, tit. 9, § 474.

Property; money.

In Roman law. Money owing (even upon a moral obligation) upon a day being fixed (constituta) for its payment became recoverable upon the implied promise to pay on that day, in an a

OMNES enim veterum divltlae in animallbus consistebant. Money (pecunia) is so called from cattle (pecus), because all the wealth of our ancestors consisted in cattle. Co. Litt. 207

Pecunia is so called from pecus, for all of the wealth of our ancestors consisted of animals.

Co. Litt 207. Money (pecunia) is so called from cattle, (pecus,) because all the wealth of our ancestors consisted in cattle.

Breve. L. Lat. An old writ which lay /or the apprehension of one who had taken the king's prest money to serve in the war, and hid himself when he should go. Beg. Orig. 24 b. Bloun

Money not paid.

Money counted out or paid.

That which relates to money.

Causes in ecclesiastical courts where satisfaction is sought for withholding ecclesiastical dues, or the doing or neglecting some act connected with the church. 3 Bl. Comm. 88. For

See Consideration.

Such as can be estimated in and compensated by money; not merely the loss of money or salable property or rights, but ali such loss, deprivation, or injury as can be made the subje

They are confined to the pecuniary injuries resulting to the wife and next of kin, whereas if the deceased had survived, a wider range of inquiry would have been admitted. It would

A bequest of money.

A pecuniary loss or damage must be one which can be measured by some standard. It is a term employed judicially, not only to express the character of that loss to the beneficial pl

An academy is not a corporation for pecuniary profit. Santa Clara F. Academy v. Sullivan, 116 111. 376, 6 N. E. 183, 5G Am. Rep. 776. PEDAGIUM (Lat. pes, foot). Money paid for pass

Money anciently paid to the priest at the opening of a grave for the good of the deceased's soul. PECUNIA TRAJECTITIA (Lat.) A loan of money which, either itself or in the shape of

Bottomry, which see.

A beast; a domestic animal.

A toll paid by pedestrians.

or PEDAGE (Lat. from pes, foot). Money paid for passing by foot or horse through any forest or country. Pupilla Oculi, p. 9, c. 7; Cassan de Coutum. Burgund. p. 118; Rot. Vase. 22

I. In the Moman law. On, or at the foot; occupying a low position; a term applied to the judices appointed by the praetor to determine causes.

At the foot; inferior.

A Roman judge of lower rank who tried trivial causes.

A word is commonly used to describe one who travels about retailing small wares. It carries the idea of pettiness as respects the character of the business transacted. The original

the local sale and delivery of goods is an essentially intrastate process whether a retailer operates from a fixed location or from a wagon

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

starting with a full load and delivering at various destination points, or the converse, picking up parts of a load at various points and delivering at a single destination.

(L. Lat.) In civil and old English law. To put or place the foot. A figurative expression used to dethem, or symbolically by merely placing the foot upon the ground. Britt. cc. 35,

I. In old English and Scots law. Dusty- foot; a term applied to itinerant merchants, chapmen or peddlers, who attended fairs. V. Piedpoudre.

In old English and Scotch law. Dusty foot. A term applied to itinerant merchants, chapmen, or peddlers who attended fairs; "Ane merchand or cremar quha hes ne certaine dwelling pla

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

The term “pedestrian” means any person traveling by foot and any mobility-impaired person using a wheelchair.

The term “pedestrian module” means a light signal used to convey movement information to pedestrians.

In this subsection, the term "pediatric mental health team" means a team consisting of at least one case coordinator, at least one child and adolescent psychiatrist, and

In this subsection, the term “pediatric patients” means patients who are 21 years of age or younger at the time of the diagnosis or treatment.

In this subsection, the term “pediatric quality measure” means a measurement of clinical care that is capable of being examined through the collection and analysis of relevant info

The term "pediatric SANE and SAFE" means a SANE or SAFE who is trained to conduct sexual assault forensic examinations on children and youth between the ages of 0 and 18.

The term “pediatric services” means services covered under the State plan provided by a pediatrician, family practitioner, or certified pediatric nurse practitioner to children und

As used in this section, the term “pediatric studies” or “studies” means at least one clinical investigation (that, at the Secretary's discretion, may include pharmacokinetic studi

For purposes of this section, the term “pediatric subpopulation” has the meaning given the term in section 360j(m)(6)(E)(ii) of this title . / In this subsection, the term “pediatr

The term "pediatric vaccine" means a vaccine included on the list under subsection (e).

One of the witnesses said he died in the islands. Another witness stated, that before 1797, she resided in St Domingo, and lived on a plantation near that of J. B. Chirac (the inte

The rule of evidence, that in questions of pedigree the declarations of aged and deceased members of the family may be proved, and given in evidence, has not been controverted. But

Lat In old criminal law. The cutting off a foot; a punishment anciently inflicted instcad of death. Fleta, llb. 1, c. 38.

The amputation of a foot, an ancient punishment for crime.

The placing of the foot, i. e., as proof of possession.

on any part of those acres, it is not pretended, that the defendant has ever exercised any act of industry, or that he has even maintained a pedis possessia. He made no inclosure,

Same as Peddler.

Persons who travel about the country with merchandise for the purpose of selling it. One is a pedlar who carries his goods about the country for sale by public conveyance. 4 Barn.

Foot-soldiers.

4 Going around the boundaries of land, with witnesses, to determine and preserve recollection of its extent, and to see that no encroachments have been made and no land-marks remov

/., Peohe,/r. A fault; a sin.

See Injunction; Peace, 3, Articles of; Peoof.

An equal; a member of the House of Lords; a baron; a nobleman of high rank.

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

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

The Administrator shall, by written procedures, provide for peer review with respect to the design, protocols, and conduct of major scientific studies conducted under this subchapt

In feudal law. The vassals of a lord who sat in his court as judges of their co-vassals, and were called "peers," as being each other's equals or of the same condition. The nobilit

Vassals or tenants of the same -lord, who were obliged to serve and attend him in his courts, being equal in function. These were termed "peers of fees," because holding fees of th

The term "peer support communication" includes— (A) an oral or written communication made in the course of a peer support counseling session; (B) a note or report arising

The term "peer support counseling program" means a program provided by a law enforcement agency that provides counseling services from a peer support specialist to a law

The term "peer support counseling session" means any counseling formally provided through a peer support counseling program between a peer support specialist and 1 or mor

The term "peer support participant" means a law enforcement officer who receives counseling services from a peer support specialist. / The term "peer support partici

The term “peer support specialist” means a law enforcement officer who— (A) has received training in— (i) peer support counseling; and (ii) providing emotional and moral support to