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Punishable; inflicting a punishment; containing a penalty, or relating to a penalty. Penal action. In practice. An action upon a penal statute; an action for the recovery of a penalty given by statute. 3 Steph. 535, 536. Distinguished from a popular or qui tarn action, in which the action is brought by the informer, to whom part of the penalty goes'. A penal action or … [Read more...] about PENAL

Lat. In Roman law. At the foot; in a lower position; on the ground. See JUDEX PEDANEUS. … [Read more...] about PEDANEUS

A noblewoman, the wife of a peer. A woman who belongs to the nobility, which may be either in her own right or by right of marriage. … [Read more...] about PEERESS

A criminal action or a criminal proceeding. … [Read more...] about PENAL ACTION

Itinerant traders; persons who sell small wares, which they carry with them in traveling about from place to place. In re Wilson, 19 D. C 341, 12 L. R. A. 624; Com. v. Farnum, 114 Mass. 270; Hall v. State, 39 Fla. 637, 23 South. 119 ; Graffty v. Rushville, 107 Ind. 602, 8 N. E. 609, 57 Am. Rep. 128; In re Pringle, 67 Kan. 364, 72 Pac. 864. Persons, except those peddling … [Read more...] about PEDDLERS