An index which is used to monitor the performance of companies and firms which are currently present in the global water industry. It was created back in 2003, with the […]
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PALLET
A pallet is a small tool, or a piece that helps in the mechanized movement of goods that are stacked. It is essentially required for forklift trucks. The pallet is […]
PALLETIZATION
A common technique that is used to store or transport goods that have been placed upon a pallet, and then ship it as a unit load. It is easy because […]
PALLIO COOPERIRE
In old English law . An ancient custom, where children were born out of wedlock , and their parents afterwards intermarried. The children, together with the father and mother, stood […]
PALM OFF
a slang term that means to sell or get rid off something under false pretences.
PALMER ACT
A name given to the English statute 10 & 20 Vict. c. 1G, enabling a person accused of a crime committed out of the jurisdiction of the central criminal court […]
PALPABLE
a term used to describe a thing that is obvious, easily felt or readily detected.
PAMPHLET
A small book, bound in paper covers, usually printed in the octavo form, aud stitched. See U. S. v. Chase, 135 U. S. 255, 10 Sup. Ct. 756, 34 L. […]
PAMPHLET LAWS
The name given in Pennsylvania to the publication , iu pamphlet or book form, containing the acts passed by the state legislature at each of its biennial sessions.
PANACEA
A mythological term that is supposed to be the remedy of all illnesses and diseases. Similarly, panacea is also used to provide a symbol for something that can solve all […]
PANDECTS
A compilation of Roman law, consisting of selected passages from the writings of the most authoritative of the older jurists, methodically arranged, prepared by Tribonian with the assistance of sixteen […]
PANDEMIC
A pandemic can be a disease, or a medical condition that has spread over a significantly large area. An example can be HIV.
PANDERER
term that is used to describe a pimp or a procurer.
PANDOXATOR
In old records. A brewer.
PANDOXATRIX
An ale-wife; a woman that both brewed and sold ale and beer.
PANEL
The roll or slip of parchment returned by the sheriff in obedience to a venire facias , containing the names of the persons whom he has summoned to attend the […]
PANEL BANK
A set of different banks which make contributions to the EURIBOR, which constitutes the largest parties that contribute to the European Money market , regardless of the fact that most […]
PANEL DATA
All of the data that is generated by taking a number of different samples which cover a larger set of units.
PANIC
When an abrupt loss of public confidence occurs in the financial system (leading it to cripple), causing drastically falling stock prices, business and banking failures as well as a complete […]
PANIER,
in the parlance of the English bar societies, is an attendant or domestic who waits at table and gives bread, (pani*.) wine, and other necessary things to those who are […]
PANNAGE
A common of pannage is the right of feeding swine on mast and acorns at certain seasons in a commonable wood or forest. Elton, Commons, 25; Williams, Common, 168. Pannagium […]
PANNEELATION
The act of impaneling a jury.
PANTOMIME
A dramatic performance in which gestures take the place of words. See 3 C. B. 871.
PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM (PMS)
The Pantone Matching System is a trademarked name, which provides specifications of more than a thousand different ink colors by their number. The PMS is useful for a number of […]
PANTS
Lat. In old English law . Bread; loaf; a loaf. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 9.