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PICKETING

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Protesting, standing outside of a place of business with a sign or other banner in order to provide maximum exposure of the dispute. At times picketers may attempt to prevent people from entering the establishment. by members of a trade union on strike, consists in posting members at all the approaches to the works struck against, for the purpose of observing and reporting the … [Read more...] about PICKETING

PHYSICAL

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Relating or pertaining to the body, as distinguished from the mind or soul or the emotions; material, substantive, having an objective existence, as distinguished from imaginary or fictitious; real, having relation to facts, as distinguished from moral or constructive. Physical disability. See DISABILITY. Physical fact. In the law of evidence. A fact having a physical … [Read more...] about PHYSICAL

PICKLE, PYCLE, OR PIGHTEL

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A small parcel of land Inclosed with a hedge, which, in some countries, is called a "pingle," Enc Lond. … [Read more...] about PICKLE, PYCLE, OR PIGHTEL

PHYSICAL CUSTODY

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The right and the obligation for a parent to have his or her child live with him or her. See also legal custody for comparison. This may be sole (one parent) or joint or shared custody where the child lives with each parent for a specified period of time. … [Read more...] about PHYSICAL CUSTODY

PICK-LOCK

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An instrument by which locks are opened without a key. … [Read more...] about PICK-LOCK

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