The Tainter gate is a type of radial arm floodgate used in dams and canal locks to control water flow.It is named for Wisconsin structural engineer Jeremiah Burnham Tainter.he Tainter gate is a type of radial arm floodgate used in dams and canal locks to control water flow.
Definition of petit larceny. : larceny involving property of a value below a legally established minimum.
Larceny generally refers to nonviolent theft. It is a common-law term developed by the royal courts of England in the seventeenth century. In the United States, most jurisdictions have eliminated the crime of Larceny from statutory codes, in favor of a general theft statute.