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L. Latin: Pedage, (q. v.) … [Read more...] about PEDAGIUM

The rank or dignity of a peer or nobleman. Also the body of nobles taken collectively. … [Read more...] about PEERAGE

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