Category: P

A tax ordained by act of parliament, (18 Car. II. c. 1,) by which every subject in the kingdom was assessed by the head or poll, according to his degree. Cowell. A

Lat. To put, place, lay, or set. Often used in the Latin terms and phrases of the old law.

In English law. The generic name for port duties charged to ships. Harg. Law Tract, 64.

Lat. Of positive law. “That was a rule positivi juris; I do not mean to say an unjust one.” Lord Elleu- borough, 12 East. G39. Posito nno oppositorum, negatur alteram. One of

Belating to the mails; pertaining to the post-office.

Lat In the civil law. Power; authority; domination ; empire. Im- pcrium, or the jurisdiction of magistrates. The power of the father over his children, patria potest as. The authority of masters

Relating to or generating an agreement; by way of bargain or cove- nant.

A palfrey; a horse to travel on.

The tenure between parceners, viz., that which the youngest owes to the eldest without homage or service. Domesday.

Sheep-skins dressed for writing, so called from Pergumus, Asia Minor, where they were invented. Used for deeds, and used for writs of summons in England previous to the judicature act, 1875. Wharton.

A beadle; a summoner to the courts of civil law. Parium eadem est ratio, idem jns. Of things equal, the reason is the same, and the same is the law.

A portion, share, or purpart One of two duplicate originals of a conveyance or covenant, the other being called “counterpart.” Also, in composition, partial or incomplete; as part payment, part performance. Cairo

Lat Child; offspring; the child just before it is born, or immediately after its birth. Partus ex legitimo thoro non certius noscit matrem quam genitorem suum. Fortes. 42. The offspring of a

A way over water; an easement giving the right to pass over a piece of private water. Travel by sea; a voyage over water; the carriage of passengers by water; money paid

Lat. A father; the father. In the civil law. this word sometimes included arus, (grandfather.) Dig. 50, 16, 201.

In old ecclesiastical law. A godfather. Spelman.

The person receiving a pawn, or to whom a pawn Is made; the person to whom goods are delivered by another in pledge.

n the civil law. The unlawful appropriation, by a depositary of public funds, of the property of the government intrusted to bis care, to his own use, or that of others. Domat.

A woman who belongs to the nobility, which may lie either in her own right or by right of marriage.

Suspense; tbe state of being pendent or undecided; the state of an action, etc.. after it has been begun, and before the final disposition of it.