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Possessing royal privileges. See COUNTY PALATINE. … [Read more...] about PALATINE

in the parlance of the English bar societies, is an attendant or domestic who waits at table and &ives bread, (panis,) wine, and other necessary things to those who are dining.. The phrase was in familiar use among the knights templar, and from them has been handed down to the learned societies of the inner and middle temples, who at the present day occupy the halls and … [Read more...] about PANIER

The name for a consignment of goods, consisting of one large parcel made up of several small ones, (each bearing a different address,) collected from different persons by the immediate consignor, (a carrier,) who unites them into one for his own profit at the expense of the railway by which they are sent since the railway company would have been paid more for the carriage of … [Read more...] about PACKED PARCELS

A gold or silver coin, of several kinds and values, formerly current in India. It was valued, at the United States custom house, at $1.94. … [Read more...] about PAGODA

A bargain; compact; agreement. This word Is used in writings on Roman law and on general jurisprudence as the English form of the Latin "pactum," (which see.) Nude pact. A translation of the Latin "nudum pactum" a bare or naked pact, that is, a promise or agreement made without any consideration on the other side, which is therefore not enforceable. Pact de non alienan do. An … [Read more...] about PACT