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
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PENAL ACTION
A criminal action or a criminal proceeding. … [Read more...] about PENAL ACTION
PEDDLERS
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
PEERS
In feudal law. The vassals of a lord who sat In his court as judges of their co-vassals, and were called "peers," as being each other's equals, or of the same condition. The nobility of Great Britain, being the lords temporal having seats in parliament, and including dukes, marquises, earls, viscounts, and barons. Equals; those who are a man's equals in rank and station; this … [Read more...] about PEERS
PENAL CODE
The collection of criminal law comprising of criminal offenses and sentencing and punishment. … [Read more...] about PENAL CODE