Category: P

In Scotch law. The decisions of the court of session, as evidence of the practice or custom of the country. Bell.

Lat In Roman law. The name of an ollicer who, from the time of Augustus, had tbe superintendence of the city and its police, with jurisdiction extending one hundred miles from the

In old Scotch practice. A form of action known in the forms of the court of session, by which a delay to discuss a suspension or advocation was got the better of.

Having the nature of prayer, request, or entreaty; conveying or embodying a recommendation or advice or the expression of a wish, but not a positive command or direction.

In Scotch practice. To examine beforehand. Arkley, 232.

A forejudgment; bias; preconceived opinion. A leaning towards one side of a cause for some reason other than a conviction of its justice. Willis v. State, 12 Ga. 449; Hungerford v. Cushing,

That part of the church where divine offices are performed; formerly applied to tile choir or chancel, because it was the place appropriated to the bishop, priest, and other clergy, while the

In old practice. A piece or skin of parchment, several of which used to be sewed together in making up a roll or record of proceedings. See 1 Bl. Comm. 183; Townsh.

In the civil law. The omission by a testator of some one of bis heirs who is legally entitled to a portion of the inheritance.

A minister of a church. A person in the second order of the ministry, as distinguished from bishops aud deacons.

Lat. To the one first coming. An executor anciently paid debts as they were presented, whether the assets were sufficient to meet all debts or not. Stim. Law Gloss.

An ancient hereditary revenue of the crown, consisting in the right to take a certain quantity from cargoes of wine imported into England. In Edward I.’s reign it was converted into a

age.” Bract, fol. 200. Now called “privileged copyhold,” includi ng the tenure in ancient demesne. 2 Bl. Comm. 00, 100. Privilegia qua; re vera sunt in prae- judicium reipublicae, magis tameu ba-

As derelict or abandoned. A species of usucaption in the civil law. Dig. 41, 7.

For greater caution; by way of additional security. Usually applied to some act done, or some clause inserted in an instrument, which may not be really necessary, but which will serve to

Lat. In the civil law. A great-grandfather. Inst. 3, 6, 1; Bract fols. 67, 68.

A stipulation not to proceed against a party is au agreement not to sue. To sue a man is to proceed agaiust him. Planters’ Bank v. Ilouser, 57 Ga. 140; Iliff v.

The writing or instrument which authorizes a procurator to act Cowell; Termes de la Ley.

Treason; treachery.

L. Lat In old English law. Profits; especially the “issues and profits” of an estate in land. See Co. Litt. 142.