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PENNY STOCK

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Stocks whose market value is below $1. … [Read more...] about PENNY STOCK

PENDENS

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Latin meaning Pending; as lis pendens a pending suit. … [Read more...] about PENDENS

PENNYWEIGHT

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A Troy weight equal to twenty-four grains, or one-twentieth part of an ounce. PENSAM. The full weight of twenty ounces. … [Read more...] about PENNYWEIGHT

PENDENT JURISDICTION

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The right and power of a federal court to decide a claim which ordinarily would not be under its purview (e.g. a typical state law claim) when that claim arises out of another claim that is properly appearing before the federal court (e.g. a related claim of an issue concerning a Constitutional question.) … [Read more...] about PENDENT JURISDICTION

PENSIO

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Latin: In the civil law. A payment, properly, for the use of a thing. A rent; a payment for the use and occupation of another's house. … [Read more...] about PENSIO

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