PENSION

A stated allowance out of the public treasury granted by government to an individual, or to his representatives, 'for his valuable services to the country, or in compensation for lo or damage sustained by him in the public service. Price T. Society for Savings, 64 Conn. 362, 30 Atl. 139, 42 Am. St. Rep. 198;!\fanning v. Spry, 121 Iowa, 191, 96 N. W. 873; Frisbie v. U. S., 157 U. S. 160, 15 Sup. Ct. 586, 39 L. Ed. 657. In English practice. An annual paJ· ment made by each member o:I' the inns o:I' court. Cowell; Holt house. Also an a embly of the members o:I' the society of Gray's Inn, to consult of their affairs. In. the civil, Scotch, and Spanish law. A rent; an annual rent. -Pension of churches. In English ecclesiastical law. Certain sums of money paid tll [s. 893]