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
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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
PEDE PULVEROSUS
In old English and Scotch law. Dusty-foot. A term applied to itinerant merchants, chapmen, or peddlers who attended fairs. … [Read more...] about PEDE PULVEROSUS
PEERS OF FEES
Vassals or tenants of the same lord, who were obliged to serve and attend him in his courts, being equal in function. These were termed "peers of fees," because holding fees of the lord, or because their business in court was to sit and judge, under their locds, of disputes arising upon fees; but, if there were too many in one lordship, the lord usually chose twelve, who had … [Read more...] about PEERS OF FEES