Category: P

Iu Spanish law. A colonizer ; he who peoples ; the founder of a col- ouy.

In the civil law. An offer not yet accepted by the person to whom it is made. Langd. Cont.

In old English law. Duty paid for the reparation of bridges; also a due to the lord of the fee for persons or merchandises that pass over rivers, bridges, etc. Cowell.

1. In old English law, this title was given to an oflicer of the courts who carried a rod or stall before the justices. 2. A person who keeps a gate or

Lat. The power or force of the county. The entire population of a county above the age of fifteen, which a sheriff may summon to his assistance in cer- tain cases; as

In Vermont. Waters flowing through or lying upon inclosed or cultivated lands, which are preserved for the exclusive use of the owner or occupant by his posting notices (according to the statute)

The name of a prison formerly existing in London. See COUNTEB.

Lat. In the civil law. A pact. An agreement or convention without specific name, and without consideration, which, however, might, in its nature, produce a civil obligation. Heinecc. Elem. lib. 3, tit.

In old English law. An ancient custom, where children were born out of wedlock, and their parents afterwards intermarried. The children, together with the father and mother, stood under a cloth extended

Above; upwards. That which is superior; usually applied to the highest lord of the fee of lands, tenements, or hereditaments, as distinguished from the mesne (or intermediate) lord. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 135.

A park, (q. v.) A pound for stray cattle. Spelman.

The judgment of peers; trial by a jury of one’s peers or equals.

In French law. A division made between co-proprietors of a particular estate held by them in common. It is the operation by means of which the goods of a succession are divided

A person concerned or having or taking part in any affair, matter, transaction, or proceeding, considered individually. See PARTIES. The term “parties” includes all persons who are directly interested in the subject-

An ancient court of record in Liverpool, once called the “mayor’s court of pays sage,” but now usually called the “court of the passage of the borough of Liverpool.” This court was

That which belongs to the father or comes from him.

An honor conferred on men of the first quality in the time of the English Saxon kings.

The person pawning goods or delivering goods to another in pledge.

Lat In the civil law. The offense of stealing or embezzling the public money. Hence the common English word “peculation,” but “embezzlement” is the proper legal term. 4 Bl. Comm. 121, 122.

In feudal law. The vassals of a lord who sat in his court as judges of their co-vassals, and were called “peers,” as being each other’s equals, or of the same condition.