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Potty watch
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Potty watchIn the US penitentiary slang, special watch when someone is suspected of eating drugs or other contraband items, such as money.
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Penitentiary
A prison for the punishment of convicts.
Special
That which relates to a particular species or kind, opposed to general; as special verdict and general verdict; special imparlance and general imparlance; special jury, or one selected for a particular case, and general jury; special issue and general issue, &c.
Watch
1) Police.To watch is, properly speaking, to stand sentry and attend guard during the night time: certain officers called watchmen are appointed in most of the United States, whose duty it is to arrest all persons who are violating the law, or breaking the peace. 2) Watch and ward A phrase used in the English law, to denote the superinten-dence and care of certain officers, whose duties are to protect the public from harm.
When
1) At which time, in wills, standing by itself unqualified and unexplained, this is a word of condition denoting the time at which the gift is to continence. 2) The context of a will may show that the word when is to be applied to the possession only, not to the vesting of a legacy; but to justify this construction, there must be circumstances, or other expressions in the will, showing such to have been the testator's intent.
Money
Gold, silver, and some other less precious metals, in the progress of civilization and commerce, have become the common standards of value; in order to avoid the delay and inconvenience of regulating their weight and quality whenever passed, the governments of the civilized world have caused them to be manufactured in certain portions, and marked with a Stamp which attests their value; this is called money.
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Pinner
In the US penitentiary slang, a marijuana cigarette the size of a toothpick.
Pipeline (prison)
In the US penitentiary slang, a channel through which contraband enters a prison.
Pitcher
In the US penitentiary slang, sexually dominant, aggressive.
Pole smoker
In the US penitentiary slang, homosexual.
Polo club
In the US penitentiary slang, protective custody.
Potty watch
Prize of the poor
In the US penitentiary slang, capital punishment.
Punk city
In the US penitentiary slang, protective custody.
Pace
A measure of length containing two feet and a half; the geometrical pace is five feet long. The common pace is the length of a step; the geometrical is the length of two steps, or the whole space passed over by the same foot from one step to another.
Pacification
The act of making peace between two countries which have been at war; the restoration of public tranquillity.
Pact
Civil law. An agreement made by two or more persons on the same subject in order to form some engagement, or to dissolve or modify, one already made, conventio est duorum in idem placitum consensus de re already solvenda, id. est facienda vel praestanda
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Penitentiary
A prison for the punishment of convicts.
Special
That which relates to a particular species or kind, opposed to general; as special verdict and general verdict; special imparlance and general imparlance; special jury, or one selected for a particular case, and general jury; special issue and general issue, &c.
Watch
1) Police.To watch is, properly speaking, to stand sentry and attend guard during the night time: certain officers called watchmen are appointed in most of the United States, whose duty it is to arrest all persons who are violating the law, or breaking the peace. 2) Watch and ward A phrase used in the English law, to denote the superinten-dence and care of certain officers, whose duties are to protect the public from harm.
When
1) At which time, in wills, standing by itself unqualified and unexplained, this is a word of condition denoting the time at which the gift is to continence. 2) The context of a will may show that the word when is to be applied to the possession only, not to the vesting of a legacy; but to justify this construction, there must be circumstances, or other expressions in the will, showing such to have been the testator's intent.
Money
Gold, silver, and some other less precious metals, in the progress of civilization and commerce, have become the common standards of value; in order to avoid the delay and inconvenience of regulating their weight and quality whenever passed, the governments of the civilized world have caused them to be manufactured in certain portions, and marked with a Stamp which attests their value; this is called money.
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Pinner
In the US penitentiary slang, a marijuana cigarette the size of a toothpick.
Pipeline (prison)
In the US penitentiary slang, a channel through which contraband enters a prison.
Pitcher
In the US penitentiary slang, sexually dominant, aggressive.
Pole smoker
In the US penitentiary slang, homosexual.
Polo club
In the US penitentiary slang, protective custody.
Potty watch
Prize of the poor
In the US penitentiary slang, capital punishment.
Punk city
In the US penitentiary slang, protective custody.
Pace
A measure of length containing two feet and a half; the geometrical pace is five feet long. The common pace is the length of a step; the geometrical is the length of two steps, or the whole space passed over by the same foot from one step to another.
Pacification
The act of making peace between two countries which have been at war; the restoration of public tranquillity.
Pact
Civil law. An agreement made by two or more persons on the same subject in order to form some engagement, or to dissolve or modify, one already made, conventio est duorum in idem placitum consensus de re already solvenda, id. est facienda vel praestanda
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