Category: P

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.

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

A measure of length containing two feet and a half, being the ordinary length of a step.

See PEINB FORTE ET DURE.

The roll or slip of parchment returned by the sheriff in obedience to a venire facias, containing the names of the persons whom he has summoned to attend the court as jurymen.

The sixth day of the last week in Lent, particularly called “Good Friday.” In English law, it is a dies non juridicus.

One work executed In the intervals of another; a subordinate task. Particularly, the name of a work on the Canons, in great repute, by Ayliffe.

The supreme legislative assembly of Great Britain and Ireland, consisting of the king or queen and the three estates of the realm, viz., the lords spiritual, the lords temporal, and the commons.

A small piece of land.

An afternoon’s exercise or moot for the instruction of young students, bearing the same name originally with the Parvisice (little-go) of Oxford. Wharton. PARVUM CAPE 879 PASSENGER