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  • PEERS OF FEES
    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," because holding fees of the lord, or because their business in court was to sit and judge, under their locds, of disputes More...
  • PEINE FORTE ET DURE
    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 themselves upon trial. It is described as a combination of solitary confinement, slow starvation, and crushing the naked body with a More...
  • PELA
    A peal, pile, or fort Cowell.
  • PELES
    Issues arising from or out of a thing. Jacob.
  • PELFE, OR PELFRE
    Booty; also the personal effects of a felon convict Cowell.
  • PELLAGE
    The custom or duty paid for skins of leather.
  • PELLEX
    Lat. In Roman law. A concubine. Dig. 50, 16, 144.
  • PELLICIA
    A pilch or surplice. Spelman.
  • PELLIPARIUS
    A leather-seller or skinner. Jacob.
  • PELLOTA
    The ball of a foot 4 Inst 808.
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