Category: P

In the ancient rorest laws. Au arrow which had a round knob a little above the head, to hinder it from going far into the mark. Cowell.

In criminal law. A robbery or forcible depredation on the high seas, without lawful authority, done animo fur- audi, in the spirit and intention of universal hostility. United States v. Palmer, 3

In old records. The pleading of a cause. Spelman.

n English law. A colony; an original settlement in a new country. See 1 Bl. Comm. 107. In American law. A farm; a large cultivated estate. Used chiefly in the southern states.

Lat. In Roman law. A law enacted by the plebs or commonalty, (that Is, the citizens, with the exception of the patricians and senators,) at the request or on the proposition of

In old English law. An estate, with the habit and quality of the land; ex- tending to a rent charge and to a possibility of dower. Co. Litt. 2216; Cowell.

Lat In Scotch practice. A demand of more than is due. Bell. Plus exempla quam peccata nocent. Examples hurt more than crimes. Plus peccat author quam actor. The originator or instigator of

The form of government; civil constitution.

An old writ directing a sheriff to impanel a jury for an assize or real action.

Producing for examination or taxation, as porrectiug a bill of costs, by a proctor.

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.