Category: P

Lat. By. When a writ of entry is sued out against the alienee of the original intruder or disseisor, or against his heir to whom the land has descended, it is said

Lat. By misadventure. In- criminal law. homicide per in- fortunium is committed where a man, doing a lawful act, without any intention of hurt, unfortunately kills another. 4 Bl. Comm. 182.

Lat By words of tlie future [tense.] A plirase applied to contracts of marriage. 1 Bl. Comm. 439; 2 Kent Comm. 87.

In ecclesiastical procedure an appeal is said to be perempted when the appellant has by his own act waived or barred his right of appeal; as where he partially complies with or

Circumlocution ; use of many words to express the sense of one.

A future limitation, whether executory or by way of remainder, and of either real or personal property, which is not to vest until after the expiration of or will not necessarily vest

To persuade is to induce to act. Persuading is inducing others to act. Crosby v. Hawthorn, 25 Ala. 221; Wilson v. State, 3S Ala. 411; Nash v. Douglass, 12 Abb. Prac. (N.

Fr. Small; minor; inconsiderable. Used in several compounds, and sometimes written “petty.”

Lat. A pious fraud; a subterfuge or evasion considered morally justifiable on account of the ends sought to be promoted. Particularly applied to an evasion or disregard of the laws in the

In old English law. That side of coined money which was called “pile,” be cause It was the side on which there was an impression of a church built on piles. Fleta.

A roll in the exchequer; otherwise called the “great roll.” A liquid measure containing two hogsheads.

In old English law. Pleadable. Spelman.

The fixtures, tools, machinery, and apparatus which are necessary to carry on a trade or business. Wharton. Southern Bell Tel. Co. v. D’Alemberte, 39 Fla. 25, 21 South. 570; Sloss-Sheffield Steel Co.

In modern constitutional law. the name “plebiscite” has been given to a vote of the entire people, (that is, the aggregate of tho enfranchised individuals composing a state or nation.) expressing their

Lat In the civil law. Full ownership; the property in a thing united with the usufruct. Calvin

In the law of elections. The excess of the votes cast for one candidate over those cast for any other. Where there are only two candidates, he who receives the greater number

A mercantile instrument in writing, by which one party, in consideration of a premium, engages to indemnify another against a contingent loss, by making him a payment in compensation, whenever the event

A body of stagnant water without an outlet, larger than a puddle aud smaller than a lake; or a like body of water with a small outlet. Webster. And see Rockland Water

An action for a statutory penalty or forfeiture, given to any such person or persons as will sue for it; an action given to the people in general. 3 Bl. Comm. 100.

The burgesses of Ipswich and of the Cinque Ports were so called.