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Penetration
PenetrationCrimes. The act of inserting the penis into the female organs of generation. RELATED TERMS-------------------------------------- Female This term denotes the sex which bears young. SIMILAR TERMS-------------------------------------- PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS-------------------------------------- Penalty Contracts. A clause in an agreement, by which the obligor agrees to pay a certain-sum of money, if he shall fail to fulfil the contract contained in another clause of the same agreement. Penance Ecclesiastical law. An ecclesiastical punishment, inflicted by an ecclesiastical court, for some spiritual offence. Pencil An instrument made of plumbago, black lead, red chalk, or other suitable substance, for writing without ink. Pendente lite Pending the continuance of an action, while litigation continues. Pendentes Civil law. The fruits of the earth not yet separated from the ground; the fruits hanging by the roots. Penetration Penitentiary A prison for the punishment of convicts. Pennsylvania The name of one of the original states of the United States of America. Pennsylvania was occupied by planters of various nations, Dutch Swedes, English, and others; but obtained no separate name until the year 1681, when Charles II. granted a charter to William Penn, by which he became its proprietary, saving, however, allegiance to the crown, which retained the sovereignty of the country. Pennsylvania rule An almost irrefutable presumption of causation in ship collisions in American maritime law, established by the United States Supreme Court's decision in The Pennsylvania, whereby when a ship, at the time of the collision, is in violation of a statutory rule, that violation is deemed to be at least a contributory cause of the collision. The presumption may only be rebutted by proof that the violation could not have been a cause of the collision. Penny The name of an English coin of the value of one-twelfth part of a shilling. Pennyweight A troy weight which weighs twenty-four grains, or one-twentieth part of an ounce. We thank you for using the Juridical Dictionary to search for Penetration. If you have a better definition for Penetration than the one presented here, please let us know by making use of the suggest a term option. This definition of Penetration may be disputed by other professionals. Our attempt is to provide easy definitions on Penetration and any other medical topic for the public at large.
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