Category: P

An instrument by which locks are opened without a key.

One who steals petty things.

A technical word which must always be used in an indictment for piracy. 3 Inst. 112.

In old records. A pleader. Cowell; Spelman.

Debt contracted by gaming.

In the law of bailment. A bailment of goods to a creditor as security for some debt or engagement. A bailment or delivery of goods by a debtor to his creditor, to

A term used in appraising land values and particularly in eminent do- main proceedings, to designate the additional value given to city lots by the fact that they are contiguous, which enables

To steal game on a mau’s laud.

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.

A term formerly applied to voters in certain boroughs of England, where all who boil (wallop) a pot were entitled to vote. Webster.

In international law. Contracts between nations which are to be per- formed by a single act, and of which execution is at an end at once. 1 Bouv. Inst. no. 100. Pactis

In old English law. A merchant denizen ; one born within the Eng-

A part or section of a statute, pleading, affidavit, etc., which contains one article, the sense of which is complete. McClellan v. Hein, 56 Neb. GOO, 77 N. W. 120; Hill v.

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