Category: P

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

Pannage; a liberty for hogs to run in forests or woods to feed upon mast Mon. Angl. 1, 682.

In old English law. A gallows or gibbet. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 3,

Lat. In Roman law. The condition, relation, right, or duty of a patron. In ecclesiastical law. Patronage, (q. v.) Patronum facinnt dos, acdificatio, fnndns. Dod. Adv. 7. Endowment, building, and land make

In mercantile law. The person in whose favor a bill of exchange, promissory note, or check is made or drawn; the person to whom or to whose order a bill, note, or

In old English law. A toll or tax paid by travelers for the privilege of passiug, on foot or mounted, through a forest or other protected place. Spelman.

Booty; also the personal effects of a felon convict. Cowell.

A prison or place of punishment; the place of punishment in which convicts sentenced to confinement and hard labor are confined by the authority of the law. Millar v. State, 2 Kan.

To come in in the per is to claim by or through the person last entitled to an estate; as the heirs or assigns of the grantee. To come in in the