Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

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PILOTAGE AUTHORITIES. In Jn glish law. Boards of commissioners appoint* ed and authorized for the regulation and ap pointment of pilots, each board having juris diction within a prescribed district. PIMP-TENURE. A very singular and odious kind of tenure mentioned by the old writers, " Wilhelmus Hoppeshort tenet dU midiam virgatam terrce per servitium ens todiendi sex damisellas, soil, meretrices ad usum domini regis. " Wharton. PIN-MONEY. An allowance set apart by a husband for the personal expenses ol his wife, for her dress and pocket money. PINCERNA. In old English law. But ler; the king's butler, whose office it was to select out of the cargo of every vessel laden with wine, one cask at the prow and another at the stern, for the king's use. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 22. PINNAGE. Poundage of cattle. PINNER. A pounder of cattle; a pound keeper. PINT. A liquid measure of half a quart, or the eighth part of a gallon. PIOUS USES. See CHARITABLE USES. PIPE. A roll in the exchequer; otherwise called the "great roll." A liquid measure containing two hogsheads. PIRACY. In criminal law. A robbery or forcible depredation on the high seas, with out lawful authority, done animo furandi, in the spirit and intention of universal hos tility. 3 Wheat. 610. This is the definition of this offense by the law of nations. 1 Kent, Comm. 183. There is a distinction between the offense of pi racy, as known to the law of nations, which is justiciable everywhere, and offenses created by statutes of particular nations, cognizable only be fore the municipal tribunals of such nations. & Cliff. 394, 418. The term is also applied to the illicit re printing or reproduction of a copyrighted book or print or to unlawful plagiaiism from it. Pirata est hostis humani generis. 3 Inst. 113. A pirate is an enemy of the hu man race. PIRATE. A person who lives by piracy one guilty of the crime of piracy. A sea-rob ber, who, to enrich himself, by subtlety oi open force, setteth upon merchants and oth ers trading by sea, despoiling them of their loading, and sometimes bereaving them oi

Craria, for the creditor. Heinecc. Elem. lib. 8, tit. 13, §§ 824-826. PIGNORATIVE CONTRACT. In the civil law. A contract of pledge, hypotheca tion, or mortgage of realty. PIGNORIS CAPIO. In Roman law. This was the name of one of the legis actiones. It was employed only in certain particular kinds of pecuniary cases, and consisted in that the creditor, without preliminary suit and without the co-operation of the magis trate, by reciting a presciibed formula, took au article of property from the debtor to be treated as a pledge or security. The proceed ing bears a marked analogy to distress at common law. Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 203; Gaius, bk. 4, §§ 26-29. PIGNUS. In the civil law. A pledge or pawn; a delivery of a thing to a creditor, as security for a debt. Also a thing delivered to a creditor as security for a debt. PILA. In old English law. That side of coined money which was called "pile," be cause it was the side on which there was an impression of a church built on piles. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 39. PILETTTJS. In the ancient forest laws. An arrow which had a round knob a little above the head, to hinder it from going far into the mark. Cowell. PILFER. To pilfer, In the plain and popular sense, means to steal. To charge another with pilfering is to charge him with stealing, and is slander. 4 Blackf. 499. PILFERER. One who steals petty things. PILLAGE. Plunder; the forcible taking of private property by an invading or con quering army from the enemy's subjects. PILLORY. A frame erected on a pillar, and made with holes and movable boards, through which the heads and hands of crim inals were put. PILOT. A particular officer serving on board a ship during the course of a voyage, and having the charge of the helm and the ship's route; or a person taken on board at any particular place for the purpose of con ducting a ship through a river, road, or channel, or from or into a port. Wharton. PILOTAGE. The navigation of a ves sel by a pilot; the duty of a pilot. The charge or compensation allowed for piloting a vessel.

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