KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

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PICKLE

PIN-MONEY

cause it was the side on which there was an impression of a church built on piles. Fleta, lib. 1, c 39. PIIiETTTJS. In the ancient rorest 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. Becket v. Sterrett, 4 Blackf. (Ind.) 499. PILLAGE. Plunder; the forcible taking of private property by an invading or con quering army from the enemy's subjects. American Ins. Co. v. Bryan, 26 Wend. (N. Y.) 573, 37 Am. Dec. 278. 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 People v. Francisco, 10 Abb. Prac. (N. Y.) 32; State v. Turner, 34 Or. 173, 55 Pac. 92; Chapman r. Jackson, 9 Rich. Law (S. C.) 212; State v. Jones, 16 Fla. 306. —Branch pilot. One possessing a license, commission, or certificate of competency issued by the proper authority and usually after an examination. U. S. v. Forbes, 25 Fed. Cas. 1141; Petterson v. State (Tex. Cr. R.) 58 S. W. 100; Dean v. Healy, 66 Ga. 503; State v. Follett, 33 La. Ann. 228. PILOTAGE. The navigation of a ves sel by a pilot; the duty of a pilot. The charge or compensation allowed for piloting a vessel. PILOTAGE AUTHORITIES. In Eng lish 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-TENTTRE. A very singular and odious kind of tenure mentioned by the old writers, "Wilhelmus Hoppeshort tenet di midiam virgatam terrce per servitium cus todiendi sex damisellas, scil. meretrices ad usum domini regis." Wharton. PIN-MONET. An allowance set apart by a husband for the personal expenses of his wife, for her dress and pocket money. PILFERER. One who steals petty things.

at all the approaches to the. works struck against, for the purpose of observing and re porting the workmen going to or coming from the works, and of using such influence as may be in their power to prevent the workmen from accepting work there. See Beck v. Railway Teamsters' Protective Un ion, 118 Mich. 497, 77 N. W. 13, 42 L. R. A. 407, 74 Am. St. Rep. 421; Cumberland Glass Mfg. Co. v. Glass Bottle Blowers' Ass'n, 59 N. J. Eq. 49, 46 Atl. 208. PICKLE, PYCLE, or PIGHTEL. A small parcel of land inclosed with a hedge, which, in some countries, is called a "pingle." Enc. Lond. PICKPOCKET. A thief who secretly steals money or other property from the per son of another. PIER. A structure extending from the solid land out into the water of a river, lake, harbor, etc., to afford convenient passage for persons and property to and from vessels along the sides of the pier. Seabright v. Allgor, 69 N. J. Law, 641, 56 Atl. 287. PIERAGE. The duty for maintaining piers and harbors. PIGNORATIO. Lat. In the civil law. The contract of pledge; and also the obliga tion of such contract. PIGNORATITIA ACTIO. Lat. In the civil law. An action of pledge, or founded on a pledge, which was either directa, for the debtor, after payment of the debt, or con traria, for the creditor. Heinecc. Elem. lib. 3, tit. 13, §§ 824-826. PIGNORATIVE CONTRACT. In the civil law. A contract of pledge, hypotheca tion, or mortgage of realty. PIGNORIS CAPIO. Lat. 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 con sisted in that the creditor, without prelimi nary suit and without the co-operation of the magistrate, by reciting a prescribed formula, took an article of property from the debtor to be treated as a pledge or security. The proceeding bears a marked analogy to dis tress at common law. Mackeld. Rom. Law, f 203: Gaius, bk. 4, §§ 26-29. PIGNUS. Lat 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. PHiA. In old English law. That side of coined money which was called "pile," be PIEDPOUDBE. See COTJBT OF PIED POUDBE.