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In Eng-llsh law. Boards of commissioners appoint-ed and authorized for the regulation and ap-pointment of pilots, each board having juris-diction within a […]

A very singular and odious kind of tenure mentioned by the old writers, “Wilhelmus Hop ye short tenet di-midiam virgatam terra per […]

A particular oflicer serving on board a ship during the course of a voyage, and having the charge of the helm and […]

The navigation of a vessel by a pilot; the duty of a pilot. The charge or compensation allowed for piloting a vessel […]

Plunder; the forcible taking of private property by an Invading or con-quering army from the enemy’s subjects. Amerlcan Ins. Co. v. Bryan, […]

A frame erected on a pillar, and made with holes and movable boards, through whlch the heads and hands of crim-inals were […]

In the ancient forest laws. An arrow which had a round knob a llttle above the head, to hinder it from going […]

To pilfer, in the plain and popular sense, means to steal. To charge another wlth pilfering is to charge him with stealing, […]

Lat. In the clvll law. A pledge or pawn; a delivery of a thing to a •creditor, as security for a debt. […]

In. old English law. That side of coined money which was called “pile,” be Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In the Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat. In Roman law. Thls was the name of one of the legis actiones. It was employed only In certain particular kinds […]

Lat. In the civil law. The contract of pledge; and also the obliga-tlon of such contract Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]

Lat. In the civil law. An action of pledge, or founded on a pledge, which was either directa, for the debtor, after […]

A structure extending from the solid land out into the water of a river, lake, harhor, etc., to afford convenient passage for […]

The duty for maintaining piers and harbors Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A thief who secretly steals money or other property from the per-son of another Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

See Coubt or Piepoudm Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In Scotch law. Petty theft; stealing of trifles, punishable arbitrarily. Bell Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

PYCLE, or PIGHTEL. A Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A narrow slip of land running Into a corner Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Money paid at fairs for breaking ground for bootlts Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A robber; a plunderer Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

An instrument by which locks are opened without a key Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat A pious fraud; a subterfuge or evasion considered morally justifiable on account of the ends sought to be promoted. Partlcularly applied […]