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Puerility
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PuerilityCivil law. This commenced at the age of seven years, the end of the age of infancy, and lasted till the age of puberty, that is, in females till the accomplishment of twelve years, and in males, till the age of fourteen years fully accomplished.
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Civil
1) It is used in contradistinction to barbarous or savage, to indicate a state of society reduced to order and regular government; thus we speak of civil life, civil society, civil government, and civil liberty. 2) It is sometimes used in contradistinction to criminal, to indicate the private rights and remedies of men, as members of the community, in contrast to those which are public and relate to the government; thus we speak of civil process and criminal process, civil jurisdiction and criminal jurisdiction.
Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
Years
Estate for years.
Infancy
1) Criminal law, evidence. That state which is produced by the conviction of crime and the loss of honor, which renders the infamous person incompetent as a witness. 2) The state or condition of a person under tho age of twenty-one years.
Puberty
Civil law. The age in boys after fourteen years until full age, and in girls after twelve years until full age.
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Puer
In its enlarged sense this word signifies a child of either sex; though in its restrained meaning it is applied to a boy only.
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Publicity
The doing of a thing in the view of all persons who choose to be present.
Publisher
One who does by himself or his agents make a thing publicly known; one engaged in the circulation of books, pamphlets, and other papers.
Pudicity
Chastity; the abstaining from all unlawful carnal commerce or connexion. A married woman or a widow may defend her pudicity as a maid may her virginity.
Pudzeld
English law. To be free from the payment of money for taking of wood in any forest.
Puer
In its enlarged sense this word signifies a child of either sex; though in its restrained meaning it is applied to a boy only.
Puerility
Puffer
Commerce, contracts. A person employed by the owner of property which is sold at auction to bid it up, who does so accordingly, for the purpose of raising the price upon bona fide bidders.
Puisne
Since born; the younger; as, a puisne judge, is an associate judge
Pump-and-dump
Manipulating stock prices by artificially creating demand through rumor, high pressure sales tactics, or multiple large orders. The price is "pumped" upwards and then when other investors join the trend, the original investors "dump" the stock in a rapid sell-off.
Punctuation
Construction. The act or method of placing points . in a written or printed instrument.
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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Civil
1) It is used in contradistinction to barbarous or savage, to indicate a state of society reduced to order and regular government; thus we speak of civil life, civil society, civil government, and civil liberty. 2) It is sometimes used in contradistinction to criminal, to indicate the private rights and remedies of men, as members of the community, in contrast to those which are public and relate to the government; thus we speak of civil process and criminal process, civil jurisdiction and criminal jurisdiction.
Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
Years
Estate for years.
Infancy
1) Criminal law, evidence. That state which is produced by the conviction of crime and the loss of honor, which renders the infamous person incompetent as a witness. 2) The state or condition of a person under tho age of twenty-one years.
Puberty
Civil law. The age in boys after fourteen years until full age, and in girls after twelve years until full age.
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Puer
In its enlarged sense this word signifies a child of either sex; though in its restrained meaning it is applied to a boy only.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Publicity
The doing of a thing in the view of all persons who choose to be present.
Publisher
One who does by himself or his agents make a thing publicly known; one engaged in the circulation of books, pamphlets, and other papers.
Pudicity
Chastity; the abstaining from all unlawful carnal commerce or connexion. A married woman or a widow may defend her pudicity as a maid may her virginity.
Pudzeld
English law. To be free from the payment of money for taking of wood in any forest.
Puer
In its enlarged sense this word signifies a child of either sex; though in its restrained meaning it is applied to a boy only.
Puerility
Puffer
Commerce, contracts. A person employed by the owner of property which is sold at auction to bid it up, who does so accordingly, for the purpose of raising the price upon bona fide bidders.
Puisne
Since born; the younger; as, a puisne judge, is an associate judge
Pump-and-dump
Manipulating stock prices by artificially creating demand through rumor, high pressure sales tactics, or multiple large orders. The price is "pumped" upwards and then when other investors join the trend, the original investors "dump" the stock in a rapid sell-off.
Punctuation
Construction. The act or method of placing points . in a written or printed instrument.
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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