the daily written record of events (as arrests) in a police station
parts catalog
Noun
a list advertising parts for machinery along with prices
parts catalogue
Noun
a list advertising parts for machinery along with prices
paper trail
Noun
the written evidence of someone's activities
partnership
Noun
a contract between two or more persons who agree to pool talent and money and share profits or losses
partnership
Noun
the members of a business venture created by contract
partnership
Noun
a cooperative relationship between people or groups who agree to share responsibility for achieving some specific goal
plea bargain
Noun
in criminal law, a negotiation in which the defendant agrees to enter a plea of guilty to a lesser charge and the prosecutor agrees to drop a more serious charge
plea bargaining
Noun
(criminal law) a negotiation in which the defendant agrees to enter a plea of guilty to a lesser charge and the prosecutor agrees to drop a more serious charge
poor law
Noun
a law providing support for the poor
pragmatic sanction
Noun
an imperial decree that becomes part of the fundamental law of the land
programma
Noun
an edict that has been publicly posted
purchase order
Noun
a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities
production order
Noun
an order that initiates the manufacturing process
permanent injunction
Noun
injunction issued on completion of a trial
power of attorney
Noun
a legal instrument authorizing someone to act as the grantor's agent
proxy
Noun
a power of attorney document given by shareholders of a corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at a corporate meeting
proxy
Noun
a person authorized to act for another
probate will
Noun
a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate
process of monition
Noun
a summons issued after the filing of a libel or claim directing all parties concerned to show cause why the judgment asked for should not be granted
purchase contract
Noun
a contract stating the terms of a purchase
parking ticket
Noun
a ticket issued for parking in a restricted place
purchase agreement
Noun
a contract stating the terms of a purchase
pleading in the alternative
Noun
a pleading that alleges facts so separate that it is difficult to determine which facts the person intends to rely on
public law
Noun
a law affecting the public at large
plea of insanity
Noun
(criminal law) a plea in which the defendant claims innocence due to mental incompetence at the time
parisology
Noun
the use of ambiguous words
parser
Noun
a computer program that divides code up into functional components
part-of-speech tagger
Noun
a tagging program whose labels indicate a word's part of speech
pos tagger
Noun
a tagging program whose labels indicate a word's part of speech
piffle
Noun
trivial nonsense
piffle
Verb
act in a trivial or ineffective way
piffle
Verb
speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
palaver
Noun
loud and confused and empty talk
palaver
Noun
flattery intended to persuade
palaver
Verb
have a lengthy discussion, usually between people of different backgrounds
palaver
Verb
influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
palaver
Verb
to speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly
poppycock
Noun
senseless talk
pulp magazine
Noun
an inexpensive magazine printed on poor quality paper
perusal
Noun
reading carefully with intent to remember
perusing
Noun
reading carefully with intent to remember
poring over
Noun
reading carefully with intent to remember
parenthesis
Noun
a message that departs from the main subject
parenthesis
Noun
either of two punctuation marks (or) used to enclose textual material
program line
Noun
(computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program
phone-in
Noun
a program in which the audience participates by telephone