Category: P

In practice. A writ by which a cause which has been removed from an inferior to a superior court by certiorari or otherwise is sent down again to the same court, to

The generation of children. One of the principal ends of marriage is the procreation of children. lust. tit. 2, in pr.

A term said by Tomlins to be frequently applied in the ancient books to the barons of the realm, particularly as constituting a council or administration or government. It is probably a

Lat. He produces in court. In old practice, these words were inserted in a declaration, as an allegation that the plaintiff was ready to produce, or did actually produce, in court, the

In ecclesiastical law. The president or chairman of a convocation.

First notary. See PBO- THONOTARY.

A single logical sentence; also an offer to do a thing. See Perry v. Dwelling House Ins. Co., 07 N. II. 291, 33 Atl. 731. OS Am. St. Rep. OGS; Hubbard v.

In Scotch law. A power conferred by consent of the parties upon a judge who would not otherwise be competent.

A woman who indiscriminately consorts with men for hire. Carpenter v. People, 8 Barb. (N. Y.) 611; State v. Stoyell, 54 Me. 24, 89 Am. Dec. 716.

Lat. In the civil law. He who, not being the tutor of a minor, has administered his property or affairs as if he had been, whether he thought himself legally invested with

A condition or provision which is inserted in a deed, lease, mortgage, or contract, and on the performance or nonperformance of which the validity of the deed, etc., frequently depends; it usually

curring in putrefying fish and the tyrotoxi- cons of decomposing milk and milk products.

Lat. In the civil law. Childhood; the age from seven to fourteen. 4 Bl. Comm. 22.

Lat. In the civil law. Pupillar substitution; the substitution of an heir to a pupil or infant under puberty. The substitution by a father of an heir to his children under his

A term used in heraldry; the color commonly called “purple,” expressed in engravings by lines in bend sinister. In the arms of princes it was formerly called “mercury,” and in those of

as applied to a bond, or any other legal instrument, signifies bringing an action upon it, or making it the subject of an action.

A succession of acts of a similar kind or in a like employment

In Roman law. Conquered towns, governed by an officer called a “prefect” who was chosen in some instances by the people, in others by the praetors. Butl. Ilor. Jur. 29.

whereof. 1 Ld. Raym. 412. PRiETOR. Lat In Roman law. A municipal otlicer of the city of Rome, being the chief judicial magistrate, and possessing an extensive equitable jurisdiction.

Lat. In the civil law. A convention whereby one allows another the use of a thing or the exercise of a right gratuitously till revocation. The bailee acquires thereby the lawful possession