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;peace officer:A person having a duty to enforce the law as a result of their position or employment, including municipal police officers as well as RCMP officers, sheriffs, customs officers and mayors, among others.
;pecuniary:Relating to money, which is exactly what someone who is "impecunious" doesn't have a great deal of. See "indigent."
;peremptory:Something which is fixed, mandatory, or absolute. A peremptory judge, master, or arbitrator might order that a hearing datebe "peremptory on the respondent", for example, if the respondent is missing timelines, asking for late adjournments, or otherwise delaying steps in litigation in a way that risks (or has already resulted in) the court and the other parties wasting time and costs. A peremptory hearing date is a date on which a hearing will absolutely proceed without any further excuses, adjournments , or delay. An order that an April be adjourned to July on the condition that the new date be ''peremptory'' on a party will make it very hard for that party to request a further delay without convincing the judge that they are not trying to manipulate the system by orchestrating another delay.
;perfected:In contract law, finished, legally complete, and enforceable; executed. A "perfected" agreement is one that has been dated and signed by all parties in the presence of one or more witnesses.
;performance:In contract law, the fulfillment of an obligation or duty arising from a contract.