A road shut up or closed at its terminal points. Wolcott v. Whit comb, 40 Vt 41. … [Read more...] about PENT-ROAD
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PENDING ACTION
A legal action that has been filed but has not yet begun to proceed in court. … [Read more...] about PENDING ACTION
PEON
In Mexico. A debtor held by his creditor in a qualified servitude to work out the debt; a serf. Webster. In India. A footman; a soldier; an inferior officer; a servant employed in the business of the revenue, police, or judicature. … [Read more...] about PEON
PENETRATION
A term used in criminal law, and denoting (In cases of alleged rape) the insertion of the male part into the female parts to however slight an extent; and by which insertion the offense is complete without proof of emission. Brown. … [Read more...] about PENETRATION
PEONAGE
The state or condition of a peon as above defined; a condition of enforced servitude, by which the servitor is restrained of his liberty and compelled to labor in liquidation of some debt or obligation, real or pretended, against his will. Peonage Cases (D. C.) 123 Fed. 671; In re Lewis (C. C.) 114 Fed. 963; U. S. v. McClel lan (D. C.) 127 Fed. 971; Rev. St. U. S. … [Read more...] about PEONAGE