In ecclesiastical law. A parish or church in England which has jurisdiction of ecclesiastical matters within itself, and independent of the ordinary, and is subject only to the metropolitan. … [Read more...] about PECULIAR
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PAYS
The country. Trial per pays, is a trial by the country; that is, by jury. Vide Pais. … [Read more...] about PAYS
PECULIARS, COURT OF
In English law. A branch of and annexed to the court of arches. It has a jurisdiction over all those parishes dispersed through the province of Canterbury, in the midst of other dioceses, which are exempt from the ordinary's jurisdiction, and subject to the metropolitan only. … [Read more...] about PECULIARS, COURT OF
PBGC
See Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. … [Read more...] about PBGC
PECULIUM
Latin: In Roman law. Such private property as might be held by a slave, wife, or son who was unuer the patria potest as, separate from the property of the father or master, and in the personal disposal of the owner. Peculium castrense. In Roman law. That kind of peoulium which a son acquired in war. or from his connection with the camp, (castrum.) Heinecc. Elem. lib. 2, tit. 9, … [Read more...] about PECULIUM