A public insurance fund (not for profit) which provides limited coverage against bankrupt pension funds. … [Read more...] about PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION (PBGC)
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PENDENTES
civil law. The fruits of the earth not yet separated from the ground; the fruits hanging by the roots. … [Read more...] about PENDENTES
PENSIONER
One who is supported by an allowance at the will of another; a dependent. It is usually applied (in a public sense) to those who receive pensions or annuities from government, who are chiefly such as have retired from places of honor and emolument. Jacob. Persons making periodical payments are sometimes so called. Thus, resident undergraduates of the university of Cambridge, … [Read more...] about PENSIONER
PENDICLE
In Scotch law. A piece or parcel of ground. … [Read more...] about PENDICLE
PENTECOSTALS
In ecclesiastical law. Pious oblations made at the feast of Pentecost by parishioners to their priests, and sometimes by inferior churches or parishes to the principal mother churches. They are also called "Whitsun farthings." Wharton. … [Read more...] about PENTECOSTALS