Category: P

A piece or small quantity of ground. Parocli. Antiq. 240.

Lat. A foothold; an actual possession. To constitute adverse possession there must be pedis possessio, or a substantial inclosure. 2 Bouv. Inst. no. PEDONES 886 PENAL 2193; Bailey v. Irby, 2 Nott

Punishable; inflicting a punishment; containing a penalty, or relating to a penalty.

A road shut up or closed at its terminal points. Wolcott v. Whit- comb, 40 Vt 41.

Lat. In old practice. By the consideration (judgment) of the court. Yearb. M. 1 Edw. II. 2. PER CURIAM. Lat. By the court. A phrase used in the reports to distinguish an

Lat. In old pleading. Whereby he lost the service [of his servant.] A phrase used in the old declarations in actions of trespass by a master, for beating or ill using his

In old records. A wear; a place in a river made up with banks, dams, etc., for the better convenience of preserving and taking fish. Cowell.

Lat. In the civil law. Peril; danger; hazard; risk. Periculum rei venditoe, nondum tra- dita;, est emptoris. The risk of a tiling sold, and not yet delivered, is the purchaser’s. 2 Kent,

He who receives the profits of lands, etc.; he who has the actual pernancy of the profits.

In criminal law. To assume the person (character) of another, without his consent or knowledge, in order to deceive others, and, in such feigned character, to fraudulently do some act or gain

Lat In old English law. A demandant; the plaintiff in a real action. Bract, fols. 102, 1006.

An obsolete term for an enormous crime.

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.