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To appease the interests of a potential purchaser without care for moral principles. Also used to refer to the solicitation of customers for the services of a prostitute; a pimp. … [Read more...] about PANDER

Lat. Equal. Par delictum. Equal guilt. "This is not a case of par delictum. It is oppression on one side and submission on the other. It never can be predicated as par delictum when one holds the rod and the other bows to it" 6 Maule … [Read more...] about PAR (LATIN)

Public Access to Court and Electronic Records; maintained by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts to provide information about location and filing of cases in U.S. federal courts. … [Read more...] about PACER

An agreement by which a creditor of a sum difficult to recover, promises a portion, for example, one-third, to the person who will undertake to recover it. In general, attorneys will abstain from, making such a contract, yet it is not unlawful. … [Read more...] about PACTUM DE QUOTA LITIS

The act of making peace between two countries which have been at war; the restoration of public tranquility. … [Read more...] about PACIFICATION