Legal Commentary

?P/n/g?

By Eugene Volokh

Legalese puzzle: What is the meaning of ?p/n/g,? which is sometimes used in case captions in Pennsylvania and occasionally New York?

I?m not asking about ?PNG,? which sometimes stands for ?p/n/g,? but more often for Papua New Guinea, the Professional Numismatists Guild, or other things.

UPDATE: Bleh and D.J., in the comments, were the first to get it right; see this Third Circuit opinion for a bit of context. Naturally, it?s not ?persona non grata,? which is listed in the dictionary as ?p.n.g.? Compare also ppa, which is mostly used in Connecticut but with a smattering of references in neighboring states.