POSITIVE
Laid down, enacted, or prescribed. Express or affirmative. Direct, ab- solute, explicit. As to positive “Condition,” “Evidence,” “Fraud,” “Proof,” and “Servitude,” see those titles.
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Laid down, enacted, or prescribed. Express or affirmative. Direct, ab- solute, explicit. As to positive “Condition,” “Evidence,” “Fraud,” “Proof,” and “Servitude,” see those titles.
The roads or highways, by land or sea, designated by law as the ave- nues over which the mails shall be transported. Railway Mail Service Cases, 13 Ct. CI. 204. A “post
Lat. Possibility; power.
A bargain; compact; agreement. This word Is used in writings on Roman law and on general jurisprudence as tlie English form of the Latin “pactum,” (which see.)
Lat. In the civil law. Openly ; In the presence of many. Dig. 50, 16, 33.
In commercial law. Equal; equality. An equality subsisting between the nominal or face value of a bill of exchange, share of stock, etc., and its actual selling value. When the values are
A parcel of land.
In Spanish law. Relations. White, New Recop. b. 1, tit. 7, c. 5,
Lat. A part; a party to a deed, action, or legal proceeding.
A member of a copartnership or firm ; one who has united with others to form a partnership in business. See PABT- NEKSIIIP.
The grazing or pasturage of cattle.
In feudal law. The procuration or provision which tenants were bound to make for their lords at certain times, or as often as they made a progress to their lands. It was
Pertaining to a patrimony ; inherited from ancestors, but strictly from the direct male ancestors.
Money paid towards paving the streets or highways.
A piece or small quantity of ground. Parocli. Antiq. 240.
Lat. A foothold; an actual possession. To constitute adverse possession there must be pedis possessio, or a substantial inclosure. 2 Bouv. Inst. no. PEDONES 886 PENAL 2193; Bailey v. Irby, 2 Nott
Punishable; inflicting a punishment; containing a penalty, or relating to a penalty.
A road shut up or closed at its terminal points. Wolcott v. Whit- comb, 40 Vt 41.
Lat. By the same. This phrase is commonly used to express “by, or from the mouth of, the same judge.” So “per eundem in cad em” means “by the same judge in
Lat By a leap or bound; by a sudden movement; passing over certain proceedings. 8 East, 511.