Pencil
Defined in 1 dictionary — Bouvier (1914)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
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 id. 173; Beach, Wills § 23. See Will. PENDENTE LITE (Lat.). Pending the continuance of an action; while litigation continues. An administrator is appointed pendente life, when a will is contested. See Administrator; Lis Pendens. PENDENTES (Lat). In Civil Law. The fruits of the earth not yet separated from the ground; the fruits hanging by the roots. Erskine, Inst. b. 2, tit. 2, s. 4.