In English law. Boards of commissioners appointed and authorized for the regulation and appointment of pilots, each board having jurisdiction within a prescribed district. … [Read more...] about PILOTAGE AUTHORITIES
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PIRATICALLY
A technical word which must always be used in an indictment for piracy. 3 Inst 112. … [Read more...] about PIRATICALLY
PIGNORATION
civil law . This word is used by Justinian in the title of the 52d novel, and signifies not only a pledge of property, but an engagement of the person. … [Read more...] about PIGNORATION
PIMP
An intermediary who procures a prostitute for customers (Johns) and who shares in the profits of the prostitute's service fees. A pimp is guilty of the crime of pandering. … [Read more...] about PIMP
PIRATLCALLY
pleadings. This is a technical word, essential to charge the crime of piracy in an indictment, which cannot be supplied by another word, or any circumlocution. … [Read more...] about PIRATLCALLY