Law Dictionary

The term "peer-to-peer services or programs" means services or programs that connect qualified veterans with other veterans for the purpose of providing support and mento

See "Gambling Contract." PEINE FORTE ET DURE (Law Fr.) In English law. A punishment formerly inilicted in England on a person who, being arraigned of felony, refused to plead and p

Punishment.

the horrendous practice known as peine forte et dure by which recalcitrant defendants were tortured until death or until they 'consented' to a jury trial

Eng. law, a punishment formerly inflicted in England, on a person who, being arraigned of felony, refused to plead and put himself on his trial, and stubbornly stood mute. He was t

L fr. Peaceabla Peisiblement: peaceably.

A peal, pile or fort. Cowell.

Issues arising from or out of a thing. Jacob.

A mistress; a concubine.

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

The custom or duty paid for skins of leather.

Insanity caused by or deprived from pellagra, which is an endemic disease of southern Europe, (though not confined to that region,) characterized by erythema, digestive derangement

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

The term “Pell Grant recipient” means a recipient of financial aid under subpart 1 of part A of subchapter IV of this chapter.

A pilch or surplice. Spelman.

A leather-seller or skinner. Jacob.

Tbe ball of a foot 4 Inst 308.

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

A taker.

Imposing punishment for an offense; imposing liability beyond compensation for injury. See 117 Mass. 109, 19 Am. Rep. 400.

An action for recovery of statute penalty; "penalty" in this case being used in its narrowest sense of a pecuniary punishment for a noncriminal act. 3 Steph. Comm. 535. See Hawk. P

Actions brought in England under a statute forbidding or requiring an act to be done and rendering an offender liable to pay a sum of money to be recovered from him in a civil acti

Same as Penal bond.

A bond exacting a penalty and not liquidated damages for its breach. See 82 Me. 516, 17 Am. St. Rep. 500, 9 L. R. A. 113, 20 Atl. 84.

That particular clause or subdivision of a statute which fixes the penalty for a violation of previous provisions. See Statute; Penal Statutes. A secondary obligation entered into

Laws imposing a penalty; the term being used, like "penalty," in several senses.

A denial of an application for a license because of the insufficiency or deliberate falsity of the information lawfully required to be furnished is not a penal measure. It may hurt

A punishment which consists in keeping an offender in confinement and compelling him to labor.

a punishment which consists in keeping an offender in confinement, and compelling him to labor. Steph. Crim. Dig. 2. Defined under Penal in Black's Law Dictionary.

A sum agreed upon in a bond, to be forfeited if the condition of the bond is not fulfilled.

See "penal laws," supra.

As this is a penal section, it must be construed strictly.

penal statutes are to be construed strictly, and one is not to be subject to a penalty unless the words of the statute plainly impose it.

A sum payable as a penalty. Usually applied to the sum fixed by a bond to be paid on breach of its condition.

In general, a sum of money in gross, to be paid for the non-performance of an agreement, is considered as a penalty, the legal operation of which is, to cover the damages which the

The term “penalty amount” means, with respect to a failure of a State to comply with a subparagraph of section 654(24) of this title — (I) 4 percent of the penalty base, in the cas

The term “penalty base” means, with respect to a failure of a State to comply with a subparagraph of section 654(24) of this title during a fiscal year, the amount otherwise payabl

“penalty cover” means envelopes, wrappers, labels, or cards used to transmit penalty mail;

“penalty mail” means official mail, other than franked mail, which is authorized by law to be transmitted in the mail without prepayment of postage;

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

An instrument made of plumbago, red chalk, or other suitable substance, for writing without ink. It has been held that a will written with a pencil is vali l; 1 Phill. Eccl. 1; 2 i

The state of being pending or undecided. PENDENS (Lat. from pendere, to hang). Hanging; pending. See "Lis Pendens." PENDENTE LITE (Lat.) Pending the continuance of an action while

The pendency of a suit in a state court does not deprive a Federal court of jurisdiction.

A subsequent suit may be abated by an allegation of the pendency of a prior suit; but the converse of the proposition is, in personal actions, never true.

Pending.

I. Hanging. Pendente lite: innovetur, nothing should be changed, v. Fen&ie, fr. To hang. Pendu: hanged.

During the pendency of the action.

During a litigation, nothing should be changed. Co. Litt. 344. See 20 How. (U. S.) 106; Cross, Liens, 140; 1 Story, Eq. Jur. §406; 2 Johns. Ch. (N. Y.) 441; 6 Barb. (N. Y.) 33. PEN

Hanging, unplucked crops.

where two distinct grounds in support of a single cause of action are alleged, one only of which presents a federal question, the federal court, even though the federal ground be n

I In the civil law. To hang; to be in suspense; to be attached; to depend upon, or grow out of; to pay, as a penalty. Pending^, or depending. A term applied to a writ, sometimes fr

In Scotch law. A piece or parcel of ground.

the word 'pending' has the significance of 'until,' or while the time is running for bringing such an action

that during the continuance of the action and until its final decision the commissioner's order must remain in full force and effect.

The reference is to a proceeding against the entry, and not to some communication which, at most, is only suggestive of the propriety of such a proceeding, and may never become the

The term “Pending Litigation” means the case styled Pueblo of San Ildefonso v. United States, Docket Number 354, originally filed with the Indian Claims Commission and pending in t

the term "pending request" means each request with respect to a nonprescription sunscreen active ingredient submitted under section 330.14 of title 21, Code of Federal Re

See Auteb Action Pendant; United States Courts.

I. fr. To hang. Pendu: hung, or hanged.

In criminal law. In rape and some other sexual crimes, actual carnal knowledge is requisite, but the slightest penetration is sufficient (102 N. Y. 234), it being enough if any par

13.17 acres of land, none suitable for industrial development, and a total of 3.79 miles of main line and secondary and spur track laid on treated ties in sand with no rock ballast

Courts of justice will not shut the door in the face of the penitent; and hence it has been decided... that although a contract be in its inception usurious, a subsequent agreement

A compilation or list of sins and other penances, compiled in the Eastern Church and in the extreme west about the sixth century. Stubbs, Canon Law, in 1 Sel. Essays in Anglo-Amer.

A prison in which persons convicted of serious offenses (felonies), or sentenced for long terms of imprisonment, are confined.

A standard, banner or ensign carried in wav.

One of the thirteen It received its name from a royal charter granted March 4, 1681, by Charles II. to William Penn. By that charter, Penn was constituted the proprietary and gover

An English coin, of the value of one-twelfth part of a shilling. Its weight is approximately, 1-3 oz. avoird.; of a half penny, 1-5 oz.; of a farthing, 1-10 oz. A half penny is one

The term “penny stock” means any equity security other than a security that is— (i) registered or approved for registration and traded on a national securities exchange that meets

A troy weight which weighs twenty-four grains, or one-twentieth part of an ounce. PENSA "(Law Lat. from Lat. pendere, to weigh). In Old English Law. A weight. Ad pensam, by weight.

“Penobscot Indian Reservation” means those lands as defined in the Maine Implementing Act;

“Penobscot Indian Territory” means those lands as defined in the Maine Implementing Act;

“Penobscot Nation” means the Penobscot Indian Nation as constituted in aboriginal times, and all its predecessors and successors in interest. The Penobscot Nation is represented, a

the term “pen register” means a device or process which records or decodes dialing, routing, addressing, or signaling information transmitted by an instrument or facility from whic

A weight.

The full weight of twenty ounces.

Weighed.

A payment for rent or hire.

The presumption is that such a law is not intended to create private contractual or vested rights, but merely declares a policy to be pursued until the Legislature shall ordain oth

The term "pension and other retirement benefits" means private, civil service, and other public pensions and retirement benefits, including benefits provided under— (A) t

A Parliament of Charles II which was prolonged for nearly 18 years. •

The term “pension contribution rate” means the contribution rate that the employer is obligated to pay on behalf of its employees under the terms of a collective bargaining agreeme

The term “pension counseling and information program” means a program described in subsection (b).

One who is supported by an allowance at the will of another. It is more usually applied to him who receives an annuity or pension from the government.

The term “pension-linked emergency savings account” means a short-term savings account established and maintained as part of an individual account plan, in accordance with section

In English ecclesiastical law. Certain sums of money paid to clergymen in lieu of tithes. A spiritual person may sue in the spiritual court for a pension originally granted and con

The terms “employee welfare benefit plan” and “pension plan” have the meanings given the terms in section 1002 of title 29 . / The terms “employee welfare benefit plan” and “pensio

For purposes of this part, the term "pension plan contract" means any contract— (1) entered into with trusts which (as of the time the contracts were entered into) were d

the term 'pensions' commonly referred to the gratuities paid by the government in recognition of past services in the Army or Navy

A peremptory order against a member of an inn of court who is in arrear for his pensions, (that is, for his periodical dues,) or for other duties. Cowell.

The term "Pentagon" means that area of land (consisting of approximately 227 acres) and improvements thereon, including parking areas, located in Arlington County, Virgin

The term "Pentagon Reservation" means the Pentagon, the Mark Center Campus, and the Raven Rock Mountain Complex.

In ecclesiastical law. Pious oblations made at the feast of Pentecost by parishioners to their priests, and sometimes by inferior churches or parishes to the principal mother churc

A road subject to being closed by gates or bars and not a highway. See 67 Vt. 132, 31 Atl. 33.

In old English law. A writ which lay for @ person wiiose cattle or goods were taken by another, who during a contest was likely to make away with them, and who had not the ability

The body of rules, whether of practice or of pleading, whereby rights are efifeotuated through the successful application of proper remedies. Opposed to the sum of the legal princi

One bound in peonage.

It may be defined as a status or condition of compulsory service, based upon the indebtedness of the peon to the master. The basal fact is indebtedness. ... Peonage is sometimes cl

In Spanish law. A portion of land which was formerly given to a simple soldier on the conquest of a country. It is now a quantity of land of different size in different provinces.

One's own; individual. Propria persona. In his own person; personally. Abbreviated p. p. Applied to an appearance made, a pleading filed, or other thing done in court by a party "

the supreme power; the power of the country, whatever it may be.