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Pennyweight
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PennyweightA troy weight which weighs twenty-four grains, or one-twentieth part of an ounce.
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Ounce
The name of a weight. An ounce avoirdupois weight is the sixteenth part of a pound; an ounce troy weight is the twelfth part of a pound.
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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.
Penny
The name of an English coin of the value of one-twelfth part of a shilling.
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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
The name of an English coin of the value of one-twelfth part of a shilling.
Pennyweight
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.
Per
By. When a writ of entry is sued out against the alienee, or descendant of the original disseisor, it is then said to be brought in the per, because the writ states that the tenant had not the entry but by the original wrong doer.
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Ounce
The name of a weight. An ounce avoirdupois weight is the sixteenth part of a pound; an ounce troy weight is the twelfth part of a pound.
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.
Penny
The name of an English coin of the value of one-twelfth part of a shilling.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
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
The name of an English coin of the value of one-twelfth part of a shilling.
Pennyweight
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.
Per
By. When a writ of entry is sued out against the alienee, or descendant of the original disseisor, it is then said to be brought in the per, because the writ states that the tenant had not the entry but by the original wrong doer.
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