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Penny
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PennyThe name of an English coin of the value of one-twelfth part of a shilling.
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Name
One or more words used to distinguish a particular individual, as Socrates, Benjamin Franklin.
Coin
Commerce, contracts. A piece of gold, silver or other metal stamped by authority of the government, in order to determine its value, commonly called money.
Value
Common law. This term has two different meanings. It sometimes expresses the utility of an object, and some times the power of purchasing other good with it. The first may be called value in use, the latter value in exchange.
Shilling
English law. The name of an English coin, of the value of one twen-tieth part of a pound. In the United States, while they were colonies, there were coins of this denomination, but they greatly varied in their value.
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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.
Pennyweight
A troy weight which weighs twenty-four grains, or one-twentieth part of an ounce.
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Pendentes
Civil law. The fruits of the earth not yet separated from the ground; the fruits hanging by the roots.
Penetration
Crimes. The act of inserting the penis into the female organs of generation.
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
Pennyweight
A troy weight which weighs twenty-four grains, or one-twentieth part of an ounce.
Pension
A stated and certain allowance granted by the government to an individual, or those who represent him, for valuable services performed by him for the country.
Pensioner
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.
Peonia
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. In the Spanish possessions in America, it measured fifty feet front and one hundred feet deep.
People
A state.
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Name
One or more words used to distinguish a particular individual, as Socrates, Benjamin Franklin.
Coin
Commerce, contracts. A piece of gold, silver or other metal stamped by authority of the government, in order to determine its value, commonly called money.
Value
Common law. This term has two different meanings. It sometimes expresses the utility of an object, and some times the power of purchasing other good with it. The first may be called value in use, the latter value in exchange.
Shilling
English law. The name of an English coin, of the value of one twen-tieth part of a pound. In the United States, while they were colonies, there were coins of this denomination, but they greatly varied in their value.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
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.
Pennyweight
A troy weight which weighs twenty-four grains, or one-twentieth part of an ounce.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Pendentes
Civil law. The fruits of the earth not yet separated from the ground; the fruits hanging by the roots.
Penetration
Crimes. The act of inserting the penis into the female organs of generation.
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
Pennyweight
A troy weight which weighs twenty-four grains, or one-twentieth part of an ounce.
Pension
A stated and certain allowance granted by the government to an individual, or those who represent him, for valuable services performed by him for the country.
Pensioner
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.
Peonia
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. In the Spanish possessions in America, it measured fifty feet front and one hundred feet deep.
People
A state.
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