Lat. In Roman law. At the foot; in a lower position; on the ground. See JUDEX PEDANEUS.

Itinerant traders; persons who sell small wares, which they carry with them in traveling about from place to place. In re Wilson. 19 D. C. 341, 12 L. It. A. […]

In old English and Scotch law. Dusty-foot. A term applied to itinerant merchants, chapmen, or peddlers who attended fairs.

In criminal law . The unnatural carnal copulation of male with male, particularly of a man with a boy; a form of sodomy, (q. v.)

Lineage ; line of ancestors from which a person descends; genealogy. An account or register of a line of ancestors. Family relationship . Swink v. French, 11 Lea (Tenn.) 80, […]

Lat. In old criminal law . The cutting off a foot; a punishment anciently inflicted instead of death. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 38.

Lat. A foothold; an actual possession . To constitute adverse possession there must be pedis possessio , or a substantial inclosure. 2 Bouv. Inst. no. PEDONES 886 PENAL 2193; Bailey […]

Foot-soldiers.

A peal, pile, or fort. Cowell.

a term that describes a person who looks in windows in order to see in states of undress.

a term that means your equal.

An evaluation of the performance of an employee, or the success they might achieve in the near future.

A group, or society, in which all of the persons have virtually the exact status, age, merit, rank, etc.

A judgement made by a peer group involving one or more of its members.

In case a security is expected for the provision of returns, which are consistent to that of other companies operating within the same sector, analysts usually give the peer perform […]

A detailed review/ thorough analysis of the performance and capabilities of a member of the peer group. Made by experts from the same peer group only.

A process which allows employees to take their complaints to the managers or employers. Usually a jury or board.

An organization of physicians that are hired exclusively by the federal government in order to analyze and review the services offered to any Meidcare subscriber.

A method of network in which equal access is granted to all the connected computers, allowing them to behave as a serer or as a client as per requirements .

The rank or dignity of a peer or nobleman. Also the body of nobles taken collectively.

A woman who belongs to the nobility, which may lie either in her own right or by right of marriage.

In feudal law. The vassals of a lord who sat in his court as judges of their co-vassals, and were called “peers,” as being each other’s equals, or of the […]

Vassals or tenants of the same lord, who were obliged to serve and attend him in his courts, being equal in function. These were termed ” peers of fees ,” […]

An abbreviation of Political, Economic, Environmental, Scientific or Technological Forces that might affect any organization .

When national currency gets its value from another countries currency system. Or when a security company tries to keep its prices close to par value. Refer to crawling peg and […]