Category: P

The peculiar science or system of rules and principles, established in the common law, according to which the pleadings or responsive allegations of litigating parties are framed, with a view to preserve

A forfeiture of all that one possesses.

Lat In the civil law. Lead. Dig. 50, 16, 242, 2.

A distinct proposition or question of law arising or propounded iu a case.

The civil condition of having more husbands than one to the same woman; a social order permitting plurality of husbands. Polygamia est plurium simul virorum nxorumve connubium. 3 Inst. 88. Polygamy is

The bishop of Rome, and supreme head of the Roman Catholic Church. 4 Steph. Comm. (7th Ed.) 108-185.

Fr. In French law. That part of a man’s estate which he may bequeath to other persons than his natural heirs. A parent leaving one legitimate child may dispose of one-half only

Capable of existing or happening ; feasible. In another sense, the word denotes extreme improbability, without excludiug the idea of feasibility. It is also sometimes equivalent to “practicable” or “reasonable,” as in

One born after the death of its father; or, when the Cawa- reuu operation is performed, after that of the mother. Posthumus pro uato habetur. A posthumous child is considered us though

L. Lat To pay.

A county. Jacob.

A compilation of Roman law, consisting of selected passages from the writings of the most authoritative of the older jurists, methodically arranged, prepared by Tribonian with the assistance of sixteen associates, under

Fr. In French law. All the wife’s properly which is not subject to the riqime dotal is called by this name; and of these articles the wife has the entire administration; but

One who murders

A hill where courts were anciently held. Cowell.

Lat. In Roman law. A legatee who was entitled, by the directions of the will, to receive a share or portion of the inheritance left to the heir. PARTICEPS. Lat. A participant;

Petty serjeanty, (

In English law. A kind of permit, being a note or check which the toll-clerks on some canals give to the boatmen, specifying the lading for which they have paid toll. Wharton.

Hanged on a gibbet.

In English ecclesiastical law. The right of presentation to a church or ecclesiastical benefice; the same with advowson, (q. v.) 2 Bl. Comm. 21. The right of appointing to office, considered as