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A stone weight Cowell. … [Read more...] about PETRA

See petty larceny. … [Read more...] about PETIT LARCENY

A lawyer who is employed in a small or mean business, or who carries on a disreputable business by unprincipled or dishonorable means. "We think that the term 'pettifogging shyster' needed no definition by witnesses before the jury. This combination of epithets, every lawyer and citizen knows, belongs to none but unscrupulous practitioners who disgrace their profession by doing … [Read more...] about PETTIFOGGER

This is a technical word which signifies disturbance, or infringement of a right. It is usually applied to the disturbance of pews, or seats in a church. In the ecclesiastical courts actions for these disturbances are technically called suits for perturbation of seat. … [Read more...] about PERTURBATION

English law. The killing of a master by his servant; a husband by his wife; a superior by a secular or religious man. In the United States this is like any other murder. See High, Treason; Treason. … [Read more...] about PETIT TREASON