The ratio of measurement which determines how well a stock is performing on the trading market. The formula is to take the total earnings per every share and the ndividing […]

L. Fr. In old English law . A special form of punishment for those who, being arraigned for felony, obstinately “stood mute;” that is, refused to plead or to put […]

Issues arising from or out of a thing. Jacob.

Booty; also the personal effects of a felon convict. Cowell.

The custom or duty paid for skins of leather.

Lat. In Roman law. A concubine. Dig. 50, 16, 144.

A pilch or surplice. Spelman.

A leather-seller or skinner. Jacob.

The ball of a foot. 4 Inst. 308.

An officer in the English exchequer, who entered every seller’s bill on the parchment rolls, the roll of receipts, and the roll of disbursements .

The wool pulled off the skin or pelt of dead sheep. 8 Hen. VI. c. 22.

Punishable; inflicting a punishment; containing a penalty, or relating to a penalty.

the name that is given for a suit that involves paying a penalty for a law violation.

A deposit made by the contractor in the form of a penalty which ensures that he/ she will fulfill the contract as per the terms of the contract, or be […]

A compiled list that describes and defines all of the offenses, as well as the law which ca nbe applied and the punishments that can be given.

the term that is given to jails, prisons and reformatories.

a term that is given to the penal code or a penal statute.

1. The sum of money which the obligor of a bond undertakes to pay by way of penalty, in the event of his omitting to perform or carry out the […]

A provision listed in a contract in which a contractor is liable to make a penalty payment in case he fails to deliver the project within the time period specified.

A provision listed within a contract which imposes a certain sum of money on the part of the contracting party , for a specific detaulf.

A fine for any cancellations or changes that are made once a ticket has been generated.

A plan used commonly for mutual funds in which one of the partners who withdraws payment before the maturity date , which levies a penalty payment on the withdrawal. The […]

In ecclesiastical law . An ecclesiastical punishment inflicted by an ec- clesiastical court for some spiritual offense. Ayl. Par. 420.

An accepted measure of calculating the hardness of any pencil lead. The method is not an official standard. Ranges from 6B to HB in the middle.

Suspense; tbe state of being pendent or undecided; the state of an action, etc.. after it has been begun, and before the final disposition of it.