Money allowed by a man to his wife to spend for her own personal comforts. 2. When pin money is given to, but not spent by the wife, on his death it belongs to his estate. 3. In the French law the term Epingles, pins, is used to designate the present which is sometimes given by the purchaser of an immovable to the wife or daughters of the seller to induce them to consent to the … [Read more...] about PIN MONEY
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PISTAREEN
A small Spanish coin. It is not a coin made current by the laws of the United States. 10 Pet. 618. … [Read more...] about PISTAREEN
PIGNORIS CAPIO
Lat. In Roman law. This was the name of one of the legis actiones. It was employed only in certain particular kinds of pecuniary cases, and consisted in that the creditor, without preliminary suit and without the co operation of the magistrate, by reciting a prescribed formula, took an article of property from the debtor to be treated as a pledge or security. The proceeding … [Read more...] about PIGNORIS CAPIO
PINCERNA
Tn old English law. Buffer ; the king's butler, whose office it was to select out of the cargo of every vessel laden with wine, one cask at the prow and another at the stern, for the king's use. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 22. … [Read more...] about PINCERNA
PIT
In old Scotch law. An excavation or cavity in the earth in which women who were under sentence of death were drowned. … [Read more...] about PIT