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Category: P

Primary Use

How a vehicle is primarily used, such as for work, pleasure, etc.

Policy Term

The time period during which an insurance policy is effective. Also referred to as Policy Period.

Policy Period

The time period during which an insurance policy is effective. Also referred to as Policy Term.

Per Person Limits

The maximum amount an insurance company will pay under a policy to each person injured in an accident.

Per-Occurrence Limits

A cap on the amount an insurance company pays under a policy for all claims arising from a single accident.

PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT

1. The accepted manner in which a professional will act. 2. The way a lawyer who has been admitted to the bar should act. TLD Example: Lawyers are held to strict ethical standards

PARTNER SURVIVING

the name that is given to a partner who will settle the partnership affairs when the business is dissolved when one partner dies.

PUNISHMENT CUMULATIVE

the term that is used to describe the punishment for a preson who has committed the same crime on many occassions and is said to be a habitual criminal.

PASSIVE CONCEALMENT

a term that applies to the act of a person being silent about a fact and it doesn’t imply the active hiding of an event or fact.

POSITIVE EVIDENCE

1. The eyewitness testimony. 2. Testimony that is seen or heard to take place.

PAROLE BOARD

the name given to the commission that considers a prisoner’s application for release.

POST REM STATEMENT

term that is used for the declaration that is made after a transaction has been completed.

POLITICAL OFFICE

the name given to the government office that is obtained by an election.

PLACER CLAIM

This term is applied to a mining claim that is made by a private person on public lands for minerals on the surface and not in rocks below it.

PRODIGAL

the name that is given to an adult who is unable to manage his own affairs due to lacking good sense and a guardian is appointed for this purpose.

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