Category: P

The party delivering goods in pledge; the party pledging. Story, Bailm.

An allowance of wood which tenants are entitled to, for repairing their plows and other implements of husbandry. PLOW-LAND 907 PLUS VALET CONSUETUDO

Iu Spanish law. A colonizer ; he who peoples ; the founder of a col- ouy.

In the civil law. An offer not yet accepted by the person to whom it is made. Langd. Cont.

In old English law. Duty paid for the reparation of bridges; also a due to the lord of the fee for persons or merchandises that pass over rivers, bridges, etc. Cowell.

1. In old English law, this title was given to an oflicer of the courts who carried a rod or stall before the justices. 2. A person who keeps a gate or

Lat. The power or force of the county. The entire population of a county above the age of fifteen, which a sheriff may summon to his assistance in cer- tain cases; as

In Vermont. Waters flowing through or lying upon inclosed or cultivated lands, which are preserved for the exclusive use of the owner or occupant by his posting notices (according to the statute)

The name of a prison formerly existing in London. See COUNTEB.

A robber; a foot highwayman ; a foot-pad.

A name given to the English statute 10 & 20 Vict. c. 1G, enabling a person accused of a crime committed out of the jurisdiction of the central criminal court, to be

In the civil law. Goods brought by wife to husband over and above her dowry.

An act of grace, proceeding from tlie power intrusted with the execution of the laws, which exempts the individual on whom it is bestowed from the punishment the law inflicts for a

In English law. A tract of inclosed ground privileged for keeping wild beasts of the chase, particularly deer; an inclosed chase extending only over a man’s own grounds. 2 Bl. Comm. 38.

Lat The party not having appeared. The condition of a cause called “default” Parte qnacnmqne integrante sul;lata, tollitur totum. An integral part being taken away, the whole is taken away. 8 Coke,

adj. Relating or belonging to, or composed of, two or more parts or portions, or two or more persons or classes of persons.

The fare of a passenger by sea ; money paid for the transpor- tation of persons in a ship or vessel; as distinguished from “freight” or “freight-money,” which is paid for the

The fact of being a father; the relationship of a father. The Latin “paternitas” is used in the canon law to denote a kind of spiritual relation- ship contracted by baptism. Heinecc.

In Roman law. Patronage; protection; defense. The business or duty of a patron or advocate.

Lat. In old English law. The peace of the church. A particular privilege attached to a church; sanctuary, (q. v.) Crabb, Eng. Law, 41; Cowell.