PENSIO

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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  PENSION. A stated and certain allowance granted by the government to an 
  individual, or those who represent him, for valuable services performed by 
  him for the country. The government of the United States has, by general 
  laws, granted pensions to revolutionary soldiers; vide 1 Story's Laws U. S. 
  68; 101, 224, 304, 363, 371, 451; 2 Id. 903, 915, 983, 1008, 1240; 3 Id. 
  1662, 1747, 1778, 1794, 1825, 1927; 4 Id. 2112, 2270, 2329, 2336, 2366; to 


  naval officers and sailors; 1 Sto. L. U. S. 474, 677, 769; 2 Id. 1284 3 Id. 
  1565; to the army generally; 1 Id. 360, 412, 448; 2 Id. 833; 3 Id 1573 to 
  the militia generally; 1 Id. 255, 360, 412, 488 2 Id. 1382; 3 Id. 1873; in 
  the Seminole war, 3 Id. 1706.