Category: P

The custom or duty paid for skins of leather.

A standard, banner, or ensign carried in war.

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

Lat. By the law of the land; by due process of law. U. S v. Kendall. 20 Fed. Cas. 74S; Appeal of Ervine, 10 Pa. 203. 55 Am. Dec. 499; Ithinehart v.

Lat In old English law. By view ol’ the church ; under the supervision of the church. The disposi- tion of intestates’ goods per visum ecciesiw was one of the articles confirmed

Lat In the civil law. That which takes away or destroys forever; hence, exceptio pcremptoria, a plea which is a perpetual bar. Calvin.

In criminal law. The willful assertion as to a matter of fact, opinion, belief, or knowledge, made by a witness in a judicial proceeding as part of his evidence, either upon oath

In Its most extensive sense, “perquisites” signifies anything obtained by industry or purchased with money, dif PERQUISITES 895 PERSONALIS ACTIO ferent from that which descends from a father or ancestor. Bract. 1.

To belong or relate to, whether by nature, appointment or custom. See People v. Chicago Theological Seminary, 174 111. 177, 51 N. E. 198.

A written address, embodying an application or prayer from the person or persons preferring it, to the power, body, or person to whom it is presented, for the exercise of his or

A robber; a plunderer.

To pilfer, in the plain and popular sense, means to steal. To charge another with pilfering is to charge him with stealing, and is slander. Becket v. Sterrett, 4 Blackf. (Ind.) 499.

“Where the act uses the word ‘piratical,’ it does so in a general sense; importing that the aggression is unauthorized by the law of nations, hostile in its character, wanton and criminal

To plead

A map, or representation on paper, of a piece of land subdivided into lots, with streets, alleys, etc., usually drawn to a scale. McDaniel v. Mace, 47 PLAY-DEUT 903 PLEA Iowa, 510;

L. Fr. That may be brought or conducted; as an action or “plea,” as it was formerly called. Britt. c. 32.

In old English law. An estate, with the habit and quality of the land; ex- tending to a rent charge and to a possibility of dower. Co. Litt. 2216; Cowell.

Lat In Scotch practice. A demand of more than is due. Bell. Plus exempla quam peccata nocent. Examples hurt more than crimes. Plus peccat author quam actor. The originator or instigator of

The science of government; the art or practice of administering public affairs.

In English practice. An original writ formerly used for the purpose of remov- ing suits from the court-baron or county court Into the superior courts of common law. It was also the