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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 the law of England; by the curtesy. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 54,

Lat By words of the present [.tense.] A phrase applied to contracts of marriage. 1 BL Comm. 439.

Lat In the civil law. That which takes away or destroys forever; hence, exceptio pcremptoria, a plea which is a perpetual bar. Calvin.

Fixed, enduring, abiding, not subject to change. Generally opposed in law to “temporary.”

A man considered according to the rank he holds in society, with all the rights to which the place he holds entitles him, and the duties which it imposes. 1 Bouv. Inst.

Applicable; relevant Evidence is called “pertinent” when it is directed to the issue or matters in dispute, aud legitimately tends to prove the allegations of the party offering it; otherwise it is

Small, minor, of less or inconsiderable importance. The English form of “petit,” and sometimes used instead of that word in such compounds as “petty jury,” “petty larceny,” and “petty treason.” See PETIT.

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.