TAILIEUCHUNG - Gale Encyclopedia Of American Law 3Rd Edition Volume 14 P19

Gale Encyclopedia of American Law Volume 14 P19 fully illuminates today's leading cases, major statutes, legal terms and concepts, notable persons involved with the law, important documents and more. Legal issues are fully discussed in easy-to-understand language, including such high-profile topics as the Americans with Disabilities Act, capital punishment, domestic violence, gay and lesbian rights, physician-assisted suicide and thousands more. | DICTIONARY OF LEGAL TERMS PERFORMANCE 167 Penitentiary A prison or place of confinement where persons convicted of felonies serve their term of imprisonment. Penny stocks Inexpensive issues of stock typically selling at less than 1 a share in companies that often are newly formed or involved in highly speculative ventures. Penology A broad area of study within criminal law and sociology comprising the science and philosophy of prison administration prison reform prisoners rights deterrence of crime and recidivism punishment by the state and rehabilitation of offenders. Pension A pension is a benefit usually money paid regularly to retired employees or their survivors by private businesses and federal state and local governments. Employers are not required to establish pension benefits but do so to attract qualified employees. Pent road A street that is closed at its terminal points. Penumbra The rights guaranteed by implication in a constitution or the implied powers of a rule. Peonage A condition of illegal enforced servitude by which a person is denied his or her liberty and compelled to labor in payment of some debt or obligation. People The aggregate of the individuals who comprise a state or a nation. Per Latin By through or by means of. Per capita Latin By the heads or polls. A term used in the descent and distribution of the estate of one who dies without a will. It means to share and share alike according to the number of individuals. Per curiam Latin By the court. A phrase used to distinguish an opinion of the whole court from an opinion written by any one judge. Per quod Latin Whereby. With respect to a complaint in a civil action a phrase that prefaces the recital of the consequences of certain acts as a ground of special harm to the plaintiff. Per se Latin of in by itself. Simply as such in its own nature without reference to its relation. Per stirpes Latin By roots or stocks by representation. A term used to denote a method used in dividing the estate

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