Category: P

L. Lat. In English law. By the form of tlie gift; by tlie designation of the giver, and not by the operation of law. 2 Bl. Comm. 113, 191.

Lat. By roots or stocks; by representation. This term, derived from the civil law, is much used in the law of descents and distribution, and denotes that method of dividing an intestate

Lat. In Roman law. Hostility or enmity towards the Roman republic; traitorous conduct on the part of a citizen, subversive of the authority of the laws or tending to overthrow the government.

Any point, space, or division of time. “The word ‘period’ has its etymo- logical meaning, but it also has a distinctive signification, according to the subject with which it may be used

Never ceasing; continuous ; enduring; lasting; unlimited in respect of time; continuing without intermission or interval. See Scanlan v. Crawshaw, 5 Mo. App. 337. Perpetual edict. In Roman law. Originally the term

The act of persuading; the act of influencing the mind by arguments or reasons offered, or by anything that moves the mind or passions, or inclines the will to a determination. See

One who presents a petition to a court, officer, or legislative body. In legal proceedings begun by petition, the person against whom action or relief is prayed, or who opposes the prayer

A narrow slip of land running into a corner.

Plunder; the forcible taking of private property by an invading or con- quering army from the enemy’s subjects. American Ins. Co. v. Bryan, 26 Wend. (N. Y.) 573, 37 Am. Dec. 278.

The right or privilege of fishing. Thus, common of piscary is the right of fishing in waters belonging to another person.

Belating to pleas or pleading.

A Spanish word, meaning a public square in a city or town. Sachs Y. Towanda, 79 111. App. 441

Suretyship, or au undertaking or answering for another. Gloucester Bank v. Worcester, 10 Pick. (Mass.) 531.

The ancient payment of a penny to the church from every plow-land. 1 Mon. Angl. 256.

In English criminal law. The unlawful eutry upou land for the purpose of taking or destroying game; the taking or destruction of game upon another’s laud, usually committed at night. Steph. Crim.

Trees which have been lopped; distinguished from timber-trees. Plowd. 049.

Lat. He puts himself upon the country. The defendant’s plea of uot guilty in a criminal action is recorded, in English practice, in these words, or in the abbreviated form “po. Sc

In old Scotch practice. A roll or catalogue containing the names of in dicted persons, delivered by the justice-clerk to the coroner, to be attached and arrested by him. Otherwise called the

Lat A possibility. A thing is said to be in posse when it may possibly be; in esse when it actually is.

In the common-law practice, a formal statement, indorsed on the nisi prius record, which gives an account of the proceedings at the trial of the action. Smith, Act. 167.