Notice that these units are given in terms of force, not mass. It is usually necessary to convert a unit weight into a load per unit area (psf) or load per unit length (plf) in order to complete a structural analysis of a structural element.
Habitual Truant Law and Legal Definition. A habitual truant refers to a child of compulsory school age who is absent without a legitimate excuse for five or more consecutive school days, seven or more school days in one month or twelve or more school days in a school year. The following is an example of a state law on habitual truant :
Officially attending school, but not going to class is skipping class/lesson. In some schools, truancy may result in not being able to graduate or to receive credit for class attended, until the time lost to truancy is made up through a combination of detention, fines, or summer school.