Category: P

In the law of real property parcel signifies a part or portion of land. As used of chattels, it signifies a small package or bundle. See State v. Jordan, 36 Fla. 1,

Lat. By an equal progress ; equably; ratably; without preference. Coote, Mortg. 56.

A word; speech ; hence, oral or verbal; expressed or evidenced by speech only; not expressed by writing; not expressed by sealed instrument. The pleadings in an action are also, In old

A small piece of land.

Petty serjeanty, (

In English law. A kind of permit, being a note or check which the toll-clerks on some canals give to the boatmen, specifying the lading for which they have paid toll. Wharton.

That which belongs to the father or comes from him.

An honor conferred on men of the first quality in the time of the English Saxon kings.

The person pawning goods or delivering goods to another in pledge.

n the civil law. The unlawful appropriation, by a depositary of public funds, of the property of the government intrusted to bis care, to his own use, or that of others. Domat.

The rank or dignity of a peer or nobleman. Also the body of nobles taken collectively.

In ecclesiastical law. An ecclesiastical punishment inflicted by an ec- clesiastical court for some spiritual offense. Ayl. Par. 420.

In ecclesiastical law. Pious oblations made at the feast of Pentecost by parishioners to their priests, and sometimes by inferior churches or parishes to the principal mother churches. They are also called

Lat. By the same. This phrase is commonly used to express “by, or from the mouth of, the same judge.” So “per eundem in cad em” means “by the same judge in

Lat By a leap or bound; by a sudden movement; passing over certain proceedings. 8 East, 511.

A measure of land containing five yards and a half, or sixteen feet and a half in length ; otherwise called a “rod” or “pole.” Cowell. As a unit of solid measure,

In medical jurisprudence. An inflammation of the lining membrane of the heart.

Taking; a taking or receiving ; as of the profits of an estate. Actual pernancy of the profits of an estate is the taking, perception, or receipt of the rents and other

Lat. In the civil law. A personal action; an action PERSONALIS ACTIO 896 PESSIMI EXEMPLI against the person, (in personam.) Dig. 50, 1(3, 178, 2.

A verdict whereby the jury refuse to follow the direction of the judge on a point of law.