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Prize of the poor
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Prize of the poorIn the US penitentiary slang, capital punishment.
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Penitentiary
A prison for the punishment of convicts.
Capital
1) Political economy, commerce. In political economy, it is that portion of the produce of a country, which may be made directly available either to support the human species or to the facilitating of production. 2) In commerce, as applied to individuals, it is those objects, whether consisting of money or other property, which a merchant, trader, or other person adventures in an undertaking, or which he contributes to the common stock of a partnership. 3) It signifies money put out at interest.
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.
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Prize
1) Maritime law, war. The apprehension and detention at sea, of a ship or other vessel, by authority of a belligerent power, either with the design of appropriating it, with the goods and effects it contains, or with that of becoming master of the whole or a part of its cargo. 2) Contracts. A reward which is offered to one of several persons who shall accomplish a certain condition; as, if an editor should offer a silver cup to the individual who shall write the best essay in favor of peace.
Prize court
1) One of the branches of the English admiralty, is called a prize court. 2) English law The name of court which has jurisdiction of all captures made in war on the high seas.
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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
In the US penitentiary slang, special watch when someone is suspected of eating drugs or other contraband items, such as money.
Prize of the poor
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
Pactions
International law. When contracts between nations are to be performed by a single act, and their execution is at an end at once, they are not called treaties, but agreements, conventions or pactions.
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Penitentiary
A prison for the punishment of convicts.
Capital
1) Political economy, commerce. In political economy, it is that portion of the produce of a country, which may be made directly available either to support the human species or to the facilitating of production. 2) In commerce, as applied to individuals, it is those objects, whether consisting of money or other property, which a merchant, trader, or other person adventures in an undertaking, or which he contributes to the common stock of a partnership. 3) It signifies money put out at interest.
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.
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Prize
1) Maritime law, war. The apprehension and detention at sea, of a ship or other vessel, by authority of a belligerent power, either with the design of appropriating it, with the goods and effects it contains, or with that of becoming master of the whole or a part of its cargo. 2) Contracts. A reward which is offered to one of several persons who shall accomplish a certain condition; as, if an editor should offer a silver cup to the individual who shall write the best essay in favor of peace.
Prize court
1) One of the branches of the English admiralty, is called a prize court. 2) English law The name of court which has jurisdiction of all captures made in war on the high seas.
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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
In the US penitentiary slang, special watch when someone is suspected of eating drugs or other contraband items, such as money.
Prize of the poor
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
Pactions
International law. When contracts between nations are to be performed by a single act, and their execution is at an end at once, they are not called treaties, but agreements, conventions or pactions.
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