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Pillory
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PilloryPunishment. Wooden machine in which the neck of the culprit is inserted.
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Punishment
Criminal law. Some pain or penalty warranted by law, inflicted on a person, for the commission of a crime or misdemeanor, or for the omission of the performance of an act required by law, by the judgment and command of some lawful court.
Machine
A contrivance which serves to apply or regulate moving power; or it is a tool more or less complicated, which is used to render useful natural instruments, Clef. des Lois Rom.
Culprit
Criminal law. When a prisoner is arraigned, and he pleads not guilty, in the English practice, the clerk, who arraigns him on behalf of the crown, replies that the prisoner is guilty, and that he is ready to prove the accusation.
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Pillage
The taking by violence of private property by a victorious army from the citizens or subjects of the enenly. This, in modern times, is seldom allowed, and then, only when authorized by the commander or chief officer, at the place where the pillage is committed. The property thus violently taken in general belongs to the common soldiers
Pillow biter
In the US penitentiary slang, a prisoner who is a rape victim.
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Pignorative contract
Civil law. A contract by which the owner of an estate engages it to another for a sum of money, and grants to him and his successors the right to enjoy it, until he shall be reimbursed, voluntarily, that sum of money.
Pignoris capio, rom
Civil law. The name given to one of the legis actiones of the Roman law. It consisted chiefly in the taking. of a pledge, and was in fact a mode of execution. It was confined to special cases determined by positive law or by custom, such as taxes, duties, rents and is comparable in some respects to distresses at common law. The proceeding took place in the presence of a praetor.
Pignus
Civil law. This word signifies in English, pledge or pawn.
Pilfering
Theft, usually referring to theft of physical goods. In retail business, customer theft is known as Shoplifting and employee theft is called pilfering. Occasionally used also with theft of cash, especially petty cash or for small thefts.
Pillage
The taking by violence of private property by a victorious army from the citizens or subjects of the enenly. This, in modern times, is seldom allowed, and then, only when authorized by the commander or chief officer, at the place where the pillage is committed. The property thus violently taken in general belongs to the common soldiers
Pillory
Pilot
Merchant law. 1) An officer serving on board of a ship during the course of a voyage, and having the charge of the helm and of the ship's route; 2) An officer authorized by law, who is taken on board at a particular place, for the purpose of conducting a ship through a river, road or channel, or from or into port.
Pilotage
Contracts. The compensation given to a pilot for conducting a vessel in or out of port.
Pin money
Money allowed by a man to his wife to spend for her own personal comforts.
Pingponging
In medical insurance or Workers Compensation Fraud, referring patients to other doctors in the same clinic in order to claim reimbursement for "consultations" rather than for actual treatment.
Pint
A liquid measure containing half a quart or the eighth part of a gallon.
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Punishment
Criminal law. Some pain or penalty warranted by law, inflicted on a person, for the commission of a crime or misdemeanor, or for the omission of the performance of an act required by law, by the judgment and command of some lawful court.
Machine
A contrivance which serves to apply or regulate moving power; or it is a tool more or less complicated, which is used to render useful natural instruments, Clef. des Lois Rom.
Culprit
Criminal law. When a prisoner is arraigned, and he pleads not guilty, in the English practice, the clerk, who arraigns him on behalf of the crown, replies that the prisoner is guilty, and that he is ready to prove the accusation.
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Pillage
The taking by violence of private property by a victorious army from the citizens or subjects of the enenly. This, in modern times, is seldom allowed, and then, only when authorized by the commander or chief officer, at the place where the pillage is committed. The property thus violently taken in general belongs to the common soldiers
Pillow biter
In the US penitentiary slang, a prisoner who is a rape victim.
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Pignorative contract
Civil law. A contract by which the owner of an estate engages it to another for a sum of money, and grants to him and his successors the right to enjoy it, until he shall be reimbursed, voluntarily, that sum of money.
Pignoris capio, rom
Civil law. The name given to one of the legis actiones of the Roman law. It consisted chiefly in the taking. of a pledge, and was in fact a mode of execution. It was confined to special cases determined by positive law or by custom, such as taxes, duties, rents and is comparable in some respects to distresses at common law. The proceeding took place in the presence of a praetor.
Pignus
Civil law. This word signifies in English, pledge or pawn.
Pilfering
Theft, usually referring to theft of physical goods. In retail business, customer theft is known as Shoplifting and employee theft is called pilfering. Occasionally used also with theft of cash, especially petty cash or for small thefts.
Pillage
The taking by violence of private property by a victorious army from the citizens or subjects of the enenly. This, in modern times, is seldom allowed, and then, only when authorized by the commander or chief officer, at the place where the pillage is committed. The property thus violently taken in general belongs to the common soldiers
Pillory
Pilot
Merchant law. 1) An officer serving on board of a ship during the course of a voyage, and having the charge of the helm and of the ship's route; 2) An officer authorized by law, who is taken on board at a particular place, for the purpose of conducting a ship through a river, road or channel, or from or into port.
Pilotage
Contracts. The compensation given to a pilot for conducting a vessel in or out of port.
Pin money
Money allowed by a man to his wife to spend for her own personal comforts.
Pingponging
In medical insurance or Workers Compensation Fraud, referring patients to other doctors in the same clinic in order to claim reimbursement for "consultations" rather than for actual treatment.
Pint
A liquid measure containing half a quart or the eighth part of a gallon.
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