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  • Pickering

    Pickering in the United States Pickering in 1899 (United States) The following information about Pickering is from the Cyclopaedia of Political Science, Political Economy, and the Political History of the United States by the Best American and European Writers. PICKERING, Timothy, was born at […]

  • Pictures

    Pictures in the United States Pictures and the State Laws Select from the list of U.S. States below for state-specific information on Pictures: Pictures in the Subject Index of the Alabama Portal Pictures in the Subject Index of the Alaska Portal Pictures in the Subject Index of the Arizona […]

  • Pimp

    Pimp in United States Pimp Definition A procurer; a panderer; a man who has intercourse with a loose woman, and usually she is taking care of him, supporting him. The word has no technical meaning. 75 Mich. 131. Pimp in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias LinkDescription Pimp, Pimp in the World […]

  • Pinckney Plan

    Pinckney Plan in the United States Pinckney Plan (1787) United States Constitution According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled 384 PINCKNEY PLAN (1787) The brash young South Carolinian charles pinckney arrived at the constitutional convention of 1787 […]

  • Pierce Butler

    Pierce Butler in the United States Butler, Pierce (1744_1822) United States Constitution According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled 208 BUTLER, PIERCE (1744_1822) Irish-born Pierce Butler represented South Carolina at the constitutional convention of […]

  • Piercing The Veil

    Piercing The Veil in United States Piercing The Veil Definition Piercing The Corporate Veil in this legal EncyclopediaDisregarding The Corporate Entity in this legal EncyclopediaPiercing The Veil definition in the Law Dictionary Piercing The Veil in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias […]

  • Pixis

    Pixis in United States Pixis Definition (Law Lat.) In old pleading. A box. Cro. Jac. 664. Trover was brought de una pixide, Anglice, a box full of bands, etc. Id. A box for deeds and muniments. Latch, 195. Pixis in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias LinkDescription Pixis, Pixis in the World Legal […]

  • Pixis

    Pixis in United States Pixis Definition (Law Lat.) In old pleading. A box. Cro. Jac. 664. Trover was brought de una pixide, Anglice, a box full of bands, etc. Id. A box for deeds and muniments. Latch, 195. Pixis in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias LinkDescription Pixis, Pixis in the World Legal […]

  • Pit And Gallows

    Pit And Gallows in United States Pit And Gallows Definition (Law Lat, fossa et fwca). In Scotch law. A privilege of inflicting capital punishment for theft, given by King Malcolm, by which a woman could be drowned in a pit (fossa) or a man hanged on ttie galltfws (/ttrcfc). DeHj Diet.; Stair, […]

  • Pit

    Pit in United States Pit Definition A hole dug in the earth, which was filled with water, and in which women thieves were drowned, instead of being hung. The punishment of the pit was formerly common in Scotland. Pit in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias LinkDescription Pit, Pit in the World […]

  • Pix

    Pix in United States Pix Definition (Lafc) A mode of testing coin. The ascertaining whether fcdin is of the proper standard is, in England, called pixing it; and there are occasions on which resort is had for this purpose to an ancient mode of inquisition called the trial of the pix, before a […]

  • Pit And Gallows

    Pit And Gallows in United States Pit And Gallows Definition (Law Lat, fossa et fwca). In Scotch law. A privilege of inflicting capital punishment for theft, given by King Malcolm, by which a woman could be drowned in a pit (fossa) or a man hanged on ttie galltfws (/ttrcfc). DeHj Diet.; Stair, […]

  • Pix

    Pix in United States Pix Definition (Lafc) A mode of testing coin. The ascertaining whether fcdin is of the proper standard is, in England, called pixing it; and there are occasions on which resort is had for this purpose to an ancient mode of inquisition called the trial of the pix, before a […]

  • Pipowder, Or Piepoudre

    Pipowder, Or Piepoudre in United States Pipowder, Or Piepoudre Definition (Ft. pteipoudre). In English law. The name of a court held for fairs and markets. See Court of Piepoudre. Pipowder courts were formerly appointed to be held at fairs in the town and borough of Westchester, New York. […]

  • Pin Money

    Pin Money in United States Pin Money Definition Money allowed by a man to his wife to spend for her own personal comforts. 9 Beav. 65; 2 Clark & F. 654. It has been conjectured that the term pin money has been applied to signify the provision for a married woman, because anciently there was…