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Lat. In Roman law. He seems to have taken too little care; he seems to have been incautious, or not sufficiently upon his guard. A form of expression used by the judge

A person whom a common carrier has contracted to carry from one place to another, and has, in the course of PASSIAGIARIU9 880 PATENT Nthe performance of that contract, received under his

Belonging to the gallows.

In ecclesiastical law. He who has the right, title, power, or privilege of presenting to an ecclesiastical benefice. In Roman law. The former master of an emancipated slave. In French marine law.

To pay is to deliver to a creditor the value of a debt, either in money or in goods, for his acceptance, by which the debt Is discharged. Beals v. Home Ins.

Lat. In Iloman law. Such private property as might be held by a slave, wife, or son who was under the pat Ha po- tcxtas, separate from the property of the father

A peal, pile, or fort. Cowell.

Begun, but not yet completed ; unsettled; undetermined ; in process of settlement or adjustment. Thus, an action or suit is said to be “pending” from its inception until the rendition of

Lat. By. When a writ of entry is sued out against the alienee of the original intruder or disseisor, or against his heir to whom the land has descended, it is said

Lat. By misadventure. In- criminal law. homicide per in- fortunium is committed where a man, doing a lawful act, without any intention of hurt, unfortunately kills another. 4 Bl. Comm. 182.

Lat By words of tlie future [tense.] A plirase applied to contracts of marriage. 1 Bl. Comm. 439; 2 Kent Comm. 87.

A nonsuit; also a quashing or killing.

In criminal law. The willful assertion as to a matter of fact, opinion, belief, or knowledge, made by a witness in a judicial proceeding as part of his evidence, either upon oath

Lat. In the civil law. A following after ; a pursuing at law; a suit or prosecution. Properly that kind of judicial proceeding before the prretor which was called “extraordinary.” In a

A pittance; a small portion of alms or victuals. Also certain poor scholars of the Isle of Man. Cowell.

A lawyer who is em- ployed in a small or mean business, or who carries on a disreputable business by unprincipled or dishonorable means. “We think that the term ‘pettifogging shyster” needed

A thief who secretly steals money or other property from the person of another.

An allowance set apart by a husband for the personal expenses of his wife, for her dress and pocket money. PINCERNA 900 PIX

A mode of testing coin. The ascertaining whether coin Is of the proper standard is in England called “pixiug” it; PIX 901 PLACITUM and there are occasions on which resort is had

One who publishes the thoughts and writings of another as his own.