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PHYSICAL NECESSITY

the term that is given to the situation where a person is forced into taking a certain course of action.

POLITICAL PARTY

the name that is given to a voluntary and non-government association formed to propose candidates for office who will work towards being elected.

PARTIAL ACCOUNT

a term applied to the accounting from the executor that only covers a limited period of activities on behalf of am estate.

PUBLIC DEFENDER

the term that is applied to an attorney who is employed by the state, local or federal government to defend people who are poor and cannot afford a private lawyer.

PROCEEDING SPECIAL

a term given to a court action that doesn’t follow the usual measures to try a case.

PARTIAL PARDON

a term that is applied when a person is forgiven for only part of a transgression and still needs to pay the penalty for the remaining offense.

PROSPECTIVE LAW

a term that applies to new laws and means that they are not retrospective and only start from the time of enactment.

PERSONAL JUDGMENT

a term used for a judgement rendered against a person for the payment of damages.

PEACE OFFICERS

a term used to describe people who are police officers, sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, marshals and other people involved with the keeping of the peace.

PASSIVE PARTICIPATION

the term for a silent agreement and consent to perform an act that is often illegal. The person who stands by and watches.

PRIZE LAW

the term given to the international codes of law that govern property that is captured at sea.

PRESUMABLY

a term that is used for a thing that is assumed to be true.

PRESUMPTION OF FACT

the logical conclusion that is based unproved facts that are related to the matter in hand.

PREFERENTIAL TRANSFER

the transferring of property by a debtor who is insolvent to a creditor and excluding transfer to other creditors.

PRESENCE OF AN OFFICER

the term that is applied when a crime or an offense is committed in view of a law enforcement officer.

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