Category: P

In English law. By the statute 3 & 4 Wm. IV. c. 74,

The decrees of provincial synods held under divers archbishops of Canterbury, from Stephen Langton, in the reign of Henry III., to Henry Chichele, In the reign of Henry V., and adopted also

Immediate; nearest; next in order.

In the civil law. The name of an action introduced by the pra;tor Publicius, the object of which was to recover a thing which had been lost Its effects were similar to

The division of a written or printed document into sentences by means of periods; aud of sentences into smaller divisions by means of commas, semi- colons, colons, etc.

The act of cleansing or exonerating one’s self of a crime, accusation, or suspicion of guilt by denying the charge on oath or by ordeal. Canonical purgation was made by the party’s

In old English law. A providing of necessaries for the king’s house. Cowell.

A power or authority conferred by one person by deed or will upon another (called the “donee”) to appoint, that is, to select and nominate, the person or persons who are to

In French law. Under the regime en eommun- aute, when that is of the conventional kind, if the surviving husband or wife is eutitleil to take any portion of the common property

Lat. Reward; compensation. Prwmium assecuraiionis, compensation for insurance ; premium of insurance. Locc. de Jur. Mar. lib. 2, c. 5,

In old English practice. To call upon for assistance. In real actions, the tenant might pray in aid or call for assistance of another, to help him to plead, because of the

In English and American law. An order or direction, emanating from authority, to an officer or body of officers, commanding him or them to do some act within the scope of their

One who, by settlement upon the public land, or by cultivation of a portion of it, has obtained the right to purchase a portion of the land thus settled upon or cultivated,

This officer, so constituted by letters patent, has preaudience over the bar after tlie attorney and solicitor general and queen’s advocate. 3 Steph. Comm. (7th Ed.) 274, note.

In ecclesiastical law. The act of a patron or proprietor of a living in offering or presenting a clerk to the ordinary to be instituted in the benefice.

A sum of money paid by archdeacons yearly to their bishop; also purveyance. Cowell.

In the civil law. Tbe right of a judge to take cognizance of an action over which he has concurrent juris- diction with another judge. In canon law. The right which a

First; principal; chief; leading.

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L. Fr. Ready. In the old forms of oral pleading, this term expressed a tender or joinder of issue. Prins vitiis laboravimus, nunc legibus. 4 Inst. 70. We labored first with vices,