PRONOTARY
First notary. See PBO- THONOTARY.
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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
In Scotch practice. Preliminary examination. The investigation of a criminal case, preliminary to committing the accused for trial. 2 Alis. Crim. Pr. 134.
See NEGATIVE PREGNANT.
Lat. In civil and ecclesiastical law. An elder ; a presbyter ; a priest. Cod. 1, 3, 6, 20; Nov. 6.
A body of electors chosen in the different states, whose sole duty it is to elect a president and vice-president of the United States. Each state appoints, in such manner as the
Not agreeable to law; exceeding the limits of law; not legal.
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